1. Vision

The vision of the Real-time and Embedded Systems is to grow the marketplace for standardized real-time and embedded systems, through the deployments of standards and associated certification programs.

2. Goals

The goals of the Real-Time and Embedded Systems Forum are:

• To be the 'single place' for real-time and embedded systems practitioners to come together for information exchange
• To act as an independent broker to integrate and bring together related Real-Time and Embedded Systems activities
• To develop a series of White Papers identifying the specific needs of Real-Time and Embedded Systems
• To identify priorities for standardization
• To develop test and certification programs to enable the proliferation of standardized real-time and embedded systems.

3. Market Rationale

The opportunity of this forum is to prove that real world standardized products exist through both certification and testing, and not just shelf ware standards and specifications.

Companies and organizations who benefit from the activities of the Forum include both vendors and users of Real-time and Embedded systems.

Industry sectors addressed by the forum include:

• aerospace/defense
• telecommunication
• manufacturing
• automotive
• industrial controls
• medical/scientific research

4. Relationship to other forums of The Open Group

This activity closely aligns within our Platform activities. The POSIX specifications and their associated test and certification programs overlap with the Base Program. This forum creates subsets of the interfaces in the form of profile specifications for smaller footprint embedded devices.

There is joint work with the Security Forum on the definition of security requirements for real-time and embedded systems and the development of a high-level API technical standard.

Cross forum activities are occurring with the Quality of Service Task Force.

5. Relationship to other bodies outside of The Open Group

The Real-time and Embedded Systems has established liaisons with IEEE PASC, OMG, NCITS R1, the J Consortium, the UDI Consortium, PCSRF and the SAE.