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Clear description of the referenced document:
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The status indicator assigned by the STR staff is Advanced of the possible indicators: Draft, In Review, Advanced, and Complete
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Justification for the specific reference:
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Recommendation Z.140.8 defines IDL to TTCN-3 mapping. This makes use of CORBA IDL notation defined in chapter 3 of the OMG Document: "The Common Object Request Broker - Architecture and Specification". CORBA IDL definition is too large to include in Z.140.8. CORBA specifies that clients and object implementations can be written in different programming languages; IDL interface completely defines the interface between clients and objects. This is essential to Z.140.8.
CORBA IDL in turn refers to the inheritance hierarchies given in IETF RFC 3060 (February 2001).
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Current information, if any, about IPR issues:
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No Issues.
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Other useful information describing the "Quality" of the document:
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The Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA) is a specification of a standard architecture for object request brokers (ORBs). A standard architecture allows vendors to develop ORB products that support application portability and interoperability across different programming languages, hardware platforms, operating systems, and ORB implementations.
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The degree of stability or maturity of the document:
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There are minor issues to be worked, but it is generally polished. They are subject to additional review by external reviewers. It is in good shape, but because it has not been through external review, readers should exercise some caution. Last Modified: 11 January 2007.
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Relationship with other existing or emerging documents:
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TCP/IP is needed to support the CORBA-defined inter-ORB interoperability protocol (IIOP). Most commercial CORBA ORBs rely on C++ as the principal client and server programming environment. Java-specific ORBs are also emerging.
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Any explicit references within that referenced document should also be listed:
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When a document is referenced in an ITU-T Recommendation, all explicit references within that referenced document should also be listed. The following explicit references are listed in the CORBA standard./
[Baker 94] Baker, S. "CORBA Implementation Issues." IEEE Colloquium on Distributed Object Management Digest 1994 7 (January 1994): 24-25. /
[Brando 96] Brando, T. "Comparing CORBA & DCE." Object Magazine 6, 1 (March 1996): 52-7. /
[Brown 96] Brown, A. & Wallnau, K. "A Framework for Evaluating Software Technology." IEEE Software 13, 5 (September 1996): 39-49. /
[CORBA 96] The Common Object Request Broker: Architecture and Specification, Version 2.0. Framingham, MA: Object Management Group, 1996. Also available [online] WWW /
URL: http://www.omg.org (1996). /
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[CORBANet 96] Distributed Software Technology Center Home Page [online]. Available WWW /
URL: http://corbanet.dstc.edu.au (1996). /
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[Deng 95] Deng, R.H., et al. "Integrating Security in CORBA-Based Object Architectures," 50-61. Proceedings of the 1995 IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy. Oakland, CA, May 8-10, 1995. Los Alamitos, CA: IEEE Computer Society Press, 1995. /
[Foody 96] Foody, M.A. "OLE and COM vs. CORBA." UNIX Review 14, 4. (April 1996): 43-45. /
[Jell 95] Jell, T. & Stal, M. "Comparing, Contrasting, and Interweaving CORBA and OLE," 140-144. Object Expo Europe 1995. London, UK, September 25-29, 1995. Newdigate, UK: SIGS Conferences, 1995. /
[Kain 94] Kain, J.B. "An Overview of OMG's CORBA," 131-134. Proceedings of OBJECT EXPO `94. New York, NY, June 6-10, 1994. New York, NY: SIGS Publications, 1994. /
[Mowbray 93] Mowbray, T.J. & Brando, T. "Interoperability and CORBA-Based Open Systems." Object Magazine 3, 3 (September/October 1993): 50-4. /
[OMG 96] Object Management Group home page [online]. Available WWW /
URL: http://www.omg.org (1996). /
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[Roy 95] Roy, Mark & Ewald, Alan. "Distributed Object Interoperability." Object Magazine 5, 1 (March/April 1995): 18. /
[Steinke 95] Steinke, Steve. "Middleware Meets the Network." LAN: The Network Solutions Magazine 10, 13 (December 1995): 56. /
[Tibbets 95] Tibbets, Fred. "CORBA: A Common Touch for Distributed Applications." Data Comm Magazine 24, 7 (May 1995): 71-75. /
[Wallace 96] Wallnau, Kurt & Wallace, Evan. "A Situated Evaluation of the Object Management Group's (OMG) Object Management Architecture (OMA)," 168-178. Proceedings of the OOPSLA'96. San Jose, CA, October 6-10, 1996. New York, NY: ACM, 1996. Presentation available [online] FTP. /
[Watson 96] Watson, A. "The OMG After CORBA 2." Object Magazine 6, 1 (March 1996): 58-60.
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OMG is recognized under the provisions of ITU-T Recommendations A.5 and A.4. Qualifying information is on file at TSB.
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