European POSIX Testing Services ------------------------------- Establishment of POSIX.2 Services --------------------------------- The CTS5 POSIX.2 project is a 50% European Commission funded project whose aim is to establish harmonised POSIX.2 Testing and Certification facilities in Europe. The project members are as follows: National Computing Centre Ltd, - NCC UK The Danish Computing Centre for Research and Education - UNI*C Denmark X/Open Company Limited - X/Open UK Istituto Italiano del Marchio di Qualita - IMQ Italy Association Francaise de Normalisation - AFNOR France The CTS5 POSIX.2 project was tasked with both contributing towards the development and integration of the X/Open VSC4 (POSIX.2) test suite, and then setting up POSIX.2 conformance testing and certification facilities in Europe. The project started in September 1993 and is due to complete in March 1996. Scope of European POSIX Testing and Certification Services ---------------------------------------------------------- Within Europe the public sector has recognised the importance of application portability. All public IT tenders over 100000 ECU's should specify conformance to appropriate International or National Standards and therefore for POSIX products conformance to the ISO 9945-1 and ISO 9945-2 is required. European POSIX Testing and Certification Services will enable vendors to meet European procurement requirements. These services are provided within Europe through Testing Laboratories and Certification Bodies who are members of the Certification And Testing Of System Software (CATOSS) ECITC Agreement Group. ECITC, the European Committee for IT&T Testing and Certification, provides a framework for the mutual recognition and acceptance of tested and certified products throughout Europe. Testing and Certification undertaken by any CATOSS POSIX Testing Laboratory and Certification Body will therefore result in test reports and certificates which will be recognised throughout Europe. The following services will be offered :- 1. The CATOSS POSIX Testing Laboratories will provide the following services :- a) POSIX.1 Conformance Testing Service using the X/Open VSX4 Test Suite. b) POSIX.2 Conformance Testing Service using the X/Open VSC4 Test Suite. c) Distribution and first line support of the VSX4 and VSC4 Test Suites. 2. The CATOSS POSIX Certification Bodies will provide the following service :- Type certification of POSIX.1 and POSIX.2 tested products. 3. The following outputs will be offered from the CATOSS POSIX.1 and POSIX.2 Conformance Testing and Certification Services :- a) ISO 9945-1 and ISO 9945-2 Test Reports. b) ISO 9945-1 and ISO 9945-2 European Certificates of Conformity N.B The POSIX.1 (ISO 9945-1) services are already available and the POSIX.2 (ISO 9945-2 ) services is due to be available by November 1996. For further information on European POSIX Testing and Certification please contact the following :- CATOSS POSIX Testing Laboratories : National Computing Centre Ltd Tel: +44 161 228 6333 Testing Services Fax: +44 161 236 9877 Oxford Road Manchester M1 7ED Contacts: Elaine Pratt, Gillian Howard UK e-mail: elaine@ncc.co.uk, g_howard@ncc.co.uk UNI*C, The Danish Computing Centre for Research and Education Tel: +44 161 228 6333 Vermundsgade 5 Fax: +44 161 236 9877 DK-2100 Copenhagen 0 DENMARK Contacts: Per Thorboll e-mail: Per.Thorboll@uni-c.dk CATOSS POSIX Certification Bodies: Istituto Italiano del Marchio di Qualita Tel: +39 2 50 73 320 Via Quintiliano 43 Fax: +39 2 50 73 271 I-20138 Milan Italy Contacts: Vittorio Asnaghi e-mail: imqittl@icil64.cilea.it Association Francaise de Normalisation Tel: +33 1 42 91 57 96 Tour Europe Fax: +33 1 42 91 59 11 F-92049 Paris La Defense France Contacts: Alphonse Philippe e-mail: 100536.2752@compuserve.com