BS ISO/IEC BRITISH STANDARD 10026-2:1998 Information technology - Open Systems Interconnection - Distributed Transaction Processing - Part 2: OsI TP service ICS 35.100.70 BSi BSIS0/IEC10026-2:1998 National foreword This British Standard reproduces verbatim ISO/IEC 10026-2:1998 and implements it as the UK national standard. It supersedes BS ISO/IEC 10026-2:1996 which is withdrawn. The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee IST/6, Data communications, which has the responsibility to: - aid enquirers to understand the text; present to the responsible international/European committee any enquiries on the interpretation, or proposals for change, and keep the UK interests informed; monitor related international and European developments and promulgate them in the UK. A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its secretary. Cross-references The British Standards which implement international or European publications referred to in this document may be found in the BSI Standards Catalogueunderthesectionentitled"lnternationalStandardsCorrespondence Index", or by using the “Find" facility of the BSI Standards Electronic Catalogue. A British Standard does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users of British Standards are responsible for their correct application. Compliance with a British Standard does notofitselfconferimmunity from legal obligations. Summary of pages This document comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, pages i and i, the ISO/IEC title page, pages ii to vi, pages 1 to 134 and a back cover. This standard has been updated (see copyright date) and may have had amendments incorporated. This will be indicated in the amendment table on the inside front cover. Amendments issued since publication This British Standard, having been prepared under the Amd. No. Date Comments direction of the DISC Board, was published under the authority ofthe Standards Committee and comes into effect on 15February 1999 BSI06-1999 ISBN 0580321479 BS IS0/IEC 10026-2:1998 Contents Page National foreword Inside front cover Foreword V Text of ISO/IEC 10026-2 1 C BSI 06-1999 i