Software Interface Standards

by Category

1996-04-25

This is an index of selected software interface standards, organized by category according to their level and the interface(s) they address.

Programming Languages

Standards in this section address general-purpose high-level languages.

• Ada

  ISO 8652: Programming Language Ada(1995)

• Algol 60

  ISO 1538: Programming Language ALGOL 60

• BASIC

  ANSI X3.113: Programming Language Full BASIC

  ANSI X3.113a: Modules and Individual Character Input for Full Basic

• C

  ANSI X3.159: Programming Language C

• COBOL

  ANSI X3.23: Programming Language COBOL (1985)

  ANSI X3.23a: Intrinsic Function Module for COBOL.

• FORTRAN

  ANSI X3.9: Programming Language FORTRAN (1978)

  ISO/IEC 1539: Programming Language FORTRAN (1991)

  ISO/IEC 1539-2: FORTRAN Part 2: Varying Langth Character Strings (1994)

  High Performance FORTRAN

• Pascal

  ANSI/ISO/IEC 7185: Programming Language Pascal (1990)

  ANSI/IEEE 770X3.160: Programming Language Extended Pascal (1990)

  ISO/IEC 10206: Programming Language Extended Pascal (1991)

• PL/I

  ANSI X3.53: Programming Language PL/I

  ANSI X3.74: Programming Language PL/I, General Purpose Subset

• Scheme

  IEEE 1754: Scheme Programming Language

Standard Libraries

ISO/IEC 11430: Generic package of elementary functions for Ada (1994)

ISO/IEC 11729: Generic package of primitive functions for Ada (1994)

Intermediate Representations

Standards in this section provide specifications for intermediate program representations.

• IEEE 695: Microprocessor Relocatable Software Formats
• The Architecture-Neutral Distribution Format

Operating System - Application Interface

This section lists broad-based standards addressing the interface between operating systems and applications.

• POSIX family

  IEEE 1003.1: POSIX Part 1: System API

  IEEE 1003.1b: Real-Time and Related System API

  DRAFT IEEE 1003.1c: Threads and Extensions

  ISO 9945-2: Shell and Utility Application Interface

  IEEE 1003.9: Ada Language Bindings to POSIX System API (1992)

  IEEE 1003.9: Fortran 77 Language Bindings to POSIX System API (1992)

• Other

  IEEE 855: Microprocessor Operating System Interfaces (MOSI) (1990)

  The Public Windows Interface

Processor Instruction Set Architecture

Standards in this section specify elements of a (real or generic) machine-level processor instruction set and associated architecture elements.

• Complete architectures

  IBM-PC

  IEEE 1754: 32-Bit Microprocessor Architecture (1994)

  TRON Specification Chip

• Initialization and debugging

  IEEE 1275: Boot Firmware

• Floating Point

  IEEE 754: Binary Floating Point Arithmetic

  IEEE 854: Radix-Independent Floating Point Arithmetic (1994)

I/O Device Interface

This section is for standards that specify software-relevant elements of an input-output device or controller interface. Usually the interface is between system software and device hardware.

• Bus-level interfaces

  IEEE 1596: Scalable Coherent Interface

• Timing devices
• Character devices

  VT-100 defacto terminal interface

• Storage devices
• Other

Character Codes

These standards specify codes and coding-systems for representing human-readable characters.

• ANSI X3.4: 7-bit American National Standard Code for Information Interchange
• ANSI X3.28: Procedures for the Use of the Communications Control Characters of American National Standards Code for Information Interchange in Specified Data Communication Links
• ANSI X3.41: Code Extension Techniques for Use with the 7-byte Coded Character Set of ASCII
• ANSI X3.64: Additional Controls for Use with the American National Standard Code for Information Interchange
• ISO 646: ISO 7-bit coded character set for information interchange
• ISO 2022: ISO 7-bit and 8-bit coded character sets - Code extension techniques
• ISO 4873: 8-bit coded character set for information interchange
• ISO 6429: ISO 7-bit and 8-bit coded character sets -- additional control functions for character-imaging devices

Information Representation

These standards define methods for representing basic information types that are "universal" rather than domain-specific.

• ANSI X3.30: Representation for Calendar Date and Ordinal Date for Information Interchange
• ANSI X3.43: Representations of Local Time of Day for Information Interchange
• ANSI X3.51: Representations of Universal Time, Local Time Differentials, and United States Time Zone References for Information Interchange
• International Standard Date & Time Formats

User Interface

Graphics Standards

This category is for standards that provide for the definition and interpretation of general graphic information. This is a specialized category, but included because of its broad applicability.

• Graphical Kernel System (GKS)

  ANSI X3.124: Graphical Kernel System (GKS) Functional Description

  ANSI X3.124.1: Graphical Kernel System (GKS) FORTRAN Binding

  ANSI X3.124.2: Graphical Kernel System (GKS) Pascal Binding

  ANSI X3.124.3: Graphical Kernel System (GKS) Ada Binding

• Programmer's Hierarchical Interface to Graphic Systems (PHIGS)
• Computer Graphics Metafile (CGM)
• Other

  Portable Network Graphics

Communication Standards

• Open Systems Interconnection (OSI)

  ISO 7498: Open Systems Interconnection--Basic Reference Model

  IEEE 1224: OSI Abstract Data Manipulation API

  IEEE 1224.1: OSI X-400 Based Electronic Messaging API

  IEEE 1224.2: Information Technology: Directory Services API

  IEEE 1327: OSI Abstract Data Manipulation C Language Binding

  IEEE 1327.1: Information Technology: X-400 Based Electronic Messaging C Language Binding

  IEEE 1327.2: Directory Services C Language Binding

• TCP/IP

High-Performance and Parallel Systems

• The MPI Standard Home Page
• The PVM Home Page
• High Performance FORTRAN

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