NPi debuts draft reference model for Distributed Resource Management

Washington 17 July 2001 The New Productivity Initiative (NPi) released its draft reference model, a layered set of open APIs for Distributed Resource Management DRM). Prior to this public release of the reference model, NPi submitted the document to industry experts from a number of sectors for peer review. The next stage in the specification process will be the creation of a design model that will include a description of the objects, data schema interactions, and protocols.

An executive summary of the reference model can be found athttp://www.newproductivity.org/executivesummary. The complete model is located at http://www.newproductivity.org/referencemodel. Comments will be accepted until August 15th, 2001

The New Productivity Initiative is an open, industry-led working group of users, hardware and software vendors, and service providers who are committed to a powerful vision of the future and a technology standard that enables it. NPi Inc. is dedicated to defining and developing an industry specification reference model and a layered set of open APIs for DRM.


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