This section examined the path from real-world needs to specifications to eventual standards. Some of the key points:

    • The establishment of technology standards involves many steps and takes years.


    • ADL has taken specifications from key sources and woven them into a reference model useful to vendors and practitioners.


    • ADL helps to evolve the specifications by developing implementation recommendations and creating test-beds and tools.


    • The overall strategy is designed to accelerate the usually lengthy process of producing recognized standards.

 

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