CAN3-Z243.100-86

This National Standard of Canada is equivalent to International Standard ISO 7498-1984. 1 Scope and field of application This International Standard describes the Reference Model of Open Systems Interconnection. It establishes a framework for coordinating the development of existing and future standards for the interconnection of systems and is provided for reference by those standards. This International Standard does not specify services and protocols for OSI. It is neither an implementation specification for systems, nor a basis for appraising the conformance of implementations.