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Submitted-by: tomw@ccadfa.cc.adfa.oz.au (Tom Worthington)

COMMONWEALTH OPEN SYSTEMS ENVIRONMENT PROFILE (COSE)

Following the Commonwealth Government's commitment, made in the March 1991
Industry Statement, to move to open systems the Information Exchange
Steering Committee (IESC) has been working on the development of an Open
Systems Environment Profile for use by agencies in establishing a more
open environment in government computing.

The IESC's Open Systems Subcommittee (OSSC) has prepared a draft COSE, a
copy of which is attached for your information [see note below]. The COSE
profile utilises the Application Portability Profile (AAP) developed by
the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) of the US
Department of Commerce. The draft has been compiled in consultation with a
number of Commonwealth agencies represented on the OSSC and industry
through the Australian Information Industries Association (AIIA).

The draft specification is issued for comment and we would welcome your
assistance in reviewing this document and providing any comments, by close
of business February 12 1993, direct to the COSE Project Manager Ms Ann
Whitehead, ITSG, Department of Finance, Newlands Street, Parkes, ACT 2600
and who can be contacted on ph 06 263 3552 or fax 06 263 2276 [see e-mail
address below].

The IESC is also formulating more specific guidance on the implementation
of the Open Systems Environment Profile for all Commonwealth Departments
and Agencies. It is planned that, following the receipt of comments, and
amendments to the draft, the official launch of COSE will take place on 29
March 1993 at an IESC sponsored seminar in Canberra.

Allan Maclean
Chairman 
IESC Open Systems Subcommittee
18 December 1992

DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE, Newlands Street, Parkes, A.C.T. 2600, Australia
Telephone: Canberra (06) 263 2222, Telex: 62639, Fax: (06) 273 3021       

X.400:  g=Ann;s=Whitehead;o=Finance;p=ausgovfinance;a=Telememo;c=au
Internet E-mail:  Ann.Whitehead@finance.ausgovfinance.telememo.au

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Posted with permission from the IESC, as a community service by:
Tom Worthington, Director of the Community Affairs Board, Australian
Computer Society Incorporated (e-mail: tomw@adfa.oz.au).

NOTE: A text-only copy of the Draft COSE is available electronically, from
the archive at archie.au in file /ACS/COSE-Draft via ftp and netfetch.
Please direct queries and comments on the draft to the IESC at the
Department of Finance.

Standards trivia: Kim Fenley, the Defence Department's OSI expert,
suggests that the acronym for the profile (COSE) should be pronounced
"kozzi", as in the Australian slang for a swimming costume (cossie).



Volume-Number: Volume 30, Number 40