The approach of the FORM project is firmly based in the use of open standards. FORM draws on standards in the areas of Communications Management, Component Engineering and Web Services and E-Commerce.

Communications Management:

• TeleManagement Forum
• Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF)
• Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)
• Internet Protocol Detail Record (IPDR)
• American National Standards Institute (ANSI) T1M1
• International Telecommunications Union (ITU-T)
• European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI)
• European Institute for Research and Strategic Studies in Telelcoms (EURESCOM)
• International Standards Organisation (ISO)

Component Engineering

• Java
• Open Management Group (OMG)
• CBDi Forum

Web Services and E-Commerce

• World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
• ebXML

Communications Management

	TeleManagement Forum
	Defines industry agreements on management interfaces based on a business process model (Telecoms Operations Map). Also provides guidance on management platform procurement based on its Technology Integration Map. Component-oriented management definitions being addressed by its NGOSS teams.
	http://www.tmforum.org

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	DMTF
	Defines standards for the unified management of applications, computers and networks, primarily aimed at the enterprise management market.
	http://www.dmtf.org

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	IETF
	Has mostly focused on the definition of MIBs for managing network elements using SNMP, though more recently has addressed service management issues including authentication, authorisation and accounting and policy based management. Defines the Internet security and resource allocation protocols underlying Internet Services.
	http://www.ieft.org

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	IPDR
	The  IPDR organisation defines the essential elements of data exchange between network elements, Operation Support System (OSS) and Business Support System (BSS).
	http://www.ipdr.org

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	T1M1
	The subcommittee of ANSI's Telecommunication standards committee that addresses Internetwork Operations, Administration, Maintenance, & Provisioning.
	http://www.t1.org

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	ITU-T
	ITU-T Study Group 4 Defines standards in the Telecommunications Management Network (TMN) series of recommendations, addressing the needs of the telecommunications industry for open management interfaces and protocols
	http://www.itu.int

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	ETSI
	Defines European telecom standards, particularly successful in the mobile domain
	http://www.etsi.org

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	EURESCOM
	The European Institute for Research and Strategic Studies, which run several project s in the area of telecommunications management, sponsored by European telcos
	http://www.eurescom.de

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	International Standards orgnaisation (ISO)
	Address a wide range of standards including Information Technology and its application to telecommunications.
	http://www.iso.org

Component Engineering

	Java
	Sun Microsystems supports standardisation effort for Java APIs which are becoming increasingly relevant for communication management, in particular JMX and OSS through Java
	http://java.sun.com

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	Open Management Group (OMG)
	Defines CORBA and associated services as well as the Unified Modelling Language now commonly used in management interface definition. It is also defining CORBA Components and Workflow related specifications. It addresses management in the Telecommunications Domain Task Force.
	http://www.omg.org

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	CBDi Forum
	A useful source of information on component based development.
	http://www.cbdiforum.com

Web Services and E-Commerce

	World Wide Web consortium (W3C)
	Defines standards for interoperability in the WWW and in particular XML and its accompanying specifications.
	http://www.w3c.org

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	ebXML
	Coordinate international standards for e-commerce
	http://www.ebXML.org

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