How to Use this Guide

This Guide is designed primarily for those who wish to apply for the Open Brand, although it will be of value to those who, for procurement purposes, wish to examine the requirements and establish the exact terms for Product Registration. Suppliers familiar with the Open Brand will go straight to How to Achieve the Open Brand, referring to the other chapters for the detail as necessary. For readers unfamiliar with the Open Brand we recommend reading the Introduction, referring as necessary to the individual chapters for explanation of Product Standards, Conformance Statements, Indicators of Compliance, Testing, and so on.

Information is maintained on The Open Group web site at http://www.opengroup.org/registration where readers can find a glossary of terms. Between this Guide and the web site, you will find everything you need.

A summary of external references is given below:

http://www.opengroup.org/registration	Starting point.
http://www.opengroup.org/regproducts	Directory of Registered Products.
http://www.opengroup.org/prodstandards	Current set of Product Standards.
http://www.opengroup.org/publications	Catalog of Specifications and books.
http://www.opengroup.org/togaf	Architecture Framework.
http://www.opengroup.org/sib	Standards Information Base.
http://www.opengroup.org/testing	Testing Technology information.
http://www.opengroup.org/testing/checklist	Product Registration Checklists.
http://www.opengroup.org/csqs	Conformance Statements and Conformance Statement Questionnaires (CSQs).
http://www.opengroup.org/corrigenda	Publications Corrigenda.
http://www.opengroup.org/interpretations	Interpretations/Temporary Waiver process.
http://www.opengroup.org/interpretations/database	Interpretations Database.

Since some of the detailed information, such as the Product Standards, is subject to change, an approach to the Conformance Administrator (email conformance (at) The Open Group ) will bring practical help and support.

It is recommended that you contact the Conformance Administrator before starting any Product Registration activity.