from
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)
Open Distributed Processing
ODP
<standard> (ODP) An attempt to standardise an {OSI}
{application layer} communications architecture. ODP is a
natural progression from {OSI}, broadening the target of
standardisation from the point of interconnection to the end
system behaviour. The objective of ODP is to enable the
construction of {distributed systems} in a multi-vendor
environment through the provision of a general architectural
framework that such systems must conform to. One of the
cornerstones of this framework is a model of multiple
viewpoints which enables different participants to observe a
system from a suitable perspective and a suitable level of
{abstraction}.
(1995-03-10)