Government Open Systems Interconnection Profile

<h2 id="timeline">Timeline</h2>
<ul><li>1988 - GOSIP: Government Open Systems Interconnection Profile<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1">1</a> published by <a href="/facts/Central_Computer_and_Telecommunications_Agency/IYHwvnsc">CCTA</a>, an agency of UK government</li>
<li>1988 - UK's CCTA commences work with France and West Germany on European Procurement Handbook (EPHOS)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2">2</a></li>
<li>1990 - The US specification requiring <a href="/facts/Open_Systems_Interconnection/oxN9Xhjz">Open Systems Interconnection</a> (OSI) protocols was first published as <a href="/facts/Federal_Information_Processing_Standards/n0Ll7hpQ">Federal Information Processing Standards</a> document FIPS 146-1. The requirement for US Government vendors to demonstrate their support for this profile led them to join the formal <a href="/facts/Interoperability_testing/7WgqUbXU">interoperability</a> and <a href="/facts/Conformance_testing/gGMpWI3q">conformance testing</a> for networking products, which had been done by industry professionals at the annual InterOp show since 1980.</li>
<li>1990 - Publication of European Procurement Handbook (EPHOS), intended to be a European GOSIP<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3">3</a></li>
<li>1991 - 4th and final version of UK GOSIP released<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4">4</a></li>
<li>1993 - Australia and New Zealand GOSIP Version 3 - 1993 Government Open Systems Interconnection Profile<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5">5</a></li>
<li>1995 - FIPS 146-2 allowed "...other specifications based on open, voluntary standards such as those cited in paragraph 3 ("...such as those developed by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)... and the International Telecommunications Union, Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU–T))"<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6">6</a></li></ul>
In practice, from 1995 interest in OSI implementations declined, and worldwide the deployment of standards-based networking services since have been predominantly based on the <a href="/facts/Internet_protocol_suite/KNkxtSpw">Internet protocol suite</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7">7</a> However, the <a href="/facts/Defense_Messaging_System/jk0k6REy">Defense Messaging System</a> continued to be based on the OSI protocols <a href="/facts/X.400/0WlH9AVf">X.400</a> and <a href="/facts/X.500/zaeao2Lf">X.500</a>, due to their integrated security capabilities.

<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/OSI_model/oxN9Xhjz">OSI model</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/ISO_Development_Environment/dCxTRg9l">ISO Development Environment</a> (ISODE)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Protocol_Wars/G255zc48">Protocol Wars</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1">GOSIP: Government Open Systems Interconnection Profile. London: Stationery Office Books. 31 December 1988. ISBN 978-0113305186. <a href="978-0113305186" target="_blank">978-0113305186</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:2">"UK CCTA Takes Lead In Push For Common Open Systems Procurement". Computer Business Review. 1988-11-10. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help) <a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_journal" target="_blank">/wiki/Template:Cite_journal</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:3">Caffrey, L. (1990). "EPHOS: Towards a European GOSIP". Computer Networks and ISDN Systems. 19 (3–5): 265–284. doi:10.1016/0169-7552(90)90083-5. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/Doi_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:4">GOSIP 4 : UK Government OSI Profile. London: CCTA, the Government Centre for Information Systems. 1991. ISBN 0113305672. <a href="0113305672" target="_blank">0113305672</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:5">"ANZ GOSIP Version 3 - 1993", standards.govt.nz <a href="http://www.standards.govt.nz/web-shop/?action=viewSearchProduct&mod=catalog&pid=55.4%3A1993%28SAA%7CSNZ+HB%29&searchId=1162982&searchOrderingIndex=1&searchSessionId=ACC3F050EF7DEDCA6C19B718C835F2B6" target="_blank">http://www.standards.govt.nz/web-shop/?action=viewSearchProduct&mod=catalog&pid=55.4%3A1993%28SAA%7CSNZ+HB%29&searchId=1162982&searchOrderingIndex=1&searchSessionId=ACC3F050EF7DEDCA6C19B718C835F2B6</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:6">"60 FR 25888 - APPROVAL OF FEDERAL INFORMATION PROCESSING STANDARDS PUBLICATIONS (FIPS) 146-2, PROFILES FOR OPEN SYSTEMS INTERNETWORKING TECHNOLOGIES, AND 179-1, GOVERNMENT NETWORK MANAGEMENT PROFILE", gpo.gov <a href="https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/granule/FR-1995-05-15/95-11917" target="_blank">https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/granule/FR-1995-05-15/95-11917</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:7">Andrew L. Russell (29 July 2013). "OSI: The Internet That Wasn't". Spectrum. IEEE. Retrieved 30 July 2013. <a href="https://spectrum.ieee.org/osi-the-internet-that-wasnt" target="_blank">https://spectrum.ieee.org/osi-the-internet-that-wasnt</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
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