Preface

The Open Group

The Open Group is a global consortium that enables the achievement of business objectives through technology standards. Our diverse membership of more than 800 organizations includes customers, systems and solutions suppliers, tools vendors, integrators, academics, and consultants across multiple industries.

The mission of The Open Group is to drive the creation of Boundaryless Information Flow™ achieved by:

  • Working with customers to capture, understand, and address current and emerging requirements, establish policies, and share best practices

  • Working with suppliers, consortia, and standards bodies to develop consensus and facilitate interoperability, to evolve and integrate specifications and open source technologies

  • Offering a comprehensive set of services to enhance the operational efficiency of consortia

  • Developing and operating the industry’s premier certification service and encouraging procurement of certified products

Further information on The Open Group is available at www.opengroup.org.

The Open Group publishes a wide range of technical documentation, most of which is focused on development of standards and guides, but which also includes white papers, technical studies, certification and testing documentation, and business titles. Full details and a catalog are available at www.opengroup.org/library.

About this Document

This document provides a Handbook for individuals who are participating in Forums or Work Groups within The Open Group. It includes guidance on the development of The Open Group book format publications using the AsciiDoc markup language in a GitLab® environment. This is suitable for development of standards, guides, and white papers, including standards that are being submitted as ISO/IEC standards. The output can also be configured for camera-ready hardcopy publications.

The audience for this document is members of The Open Group who want to develop a document using the GitLab platform and the AsciiDoc markup language.

Conventions Used in this Document

The following conventions are used throughout this document in order to help identify important information and avoid confusion over the intended meaning:

  • Ellipsis (…​)

    Indicates a continuation; such as an incomplete list of example items, or a continuation from preceding text.

  • Bold

    Used to highlight specific terms.

  • Italics

    Used for emphasis. May also refer to other external documents.

In addition to typographical conventions, the following conventions are used to highlight segments of text:

Note

A Note box is used to highlight useful or interesting information.

Tip

A Tip box is used to provide key information that can save you time or that may not be entirely obvious.