Yearly History

Timetable of INTAP's Activities

December 1985	Foundation of the Interoperability Technology Association for Information Processing, Japan (Acronym: INTAP, Akasaka, Minatao-ku Tokyo) as an incorporated association (approved by the Minister of International Trade and Industry on December 18^th, 1985. Approval by 60 No. 3133). Launched with two divisions and seven sections, General Affairs Division (including Accounting, Survey, and Promotion Sections) and Technology Division (1^st, 2^nd, 3^rd, and 4^th Sections).
January 1986	Appointed by the Agency of Industrial Science and Technology to conduct research and developments for its major project called "Database system to provide interoperability to computers."
April 1986	Launched surveys and research on OSI with grant from the Bicycle Promotion Association of Japan (KEIRIN). Continued the research and developments for "Database system to provide interoperability to computers."
October 1986	Published the First Issue of the INTAP Journal, for promoting interoperability technologies.
February 1987	Held the "International Symposium of Interoperability in Information Processing (ISIIS)" with grant from the Bicycle Promotion Association of Japan (KEIRIN).
April 1987	Installed within its own secretariat a new division called "INTAP Conformance Test Center(ICTC)" to conduct tests and verifications related to OSI. Also, installed in this center General Affairs, Test and Verification Technology, and Test and Verification Operation Sections. Also, installed International Section within its Technology Division to deal with the Asia Oceania Workshop (AOW). (By this time, INTAP had three divisions and eleven sections.) Continued surveys and research on OSI with grant from the Bicycle Promotion Association of Japan (KEIRIN) while preparing to begin test and verification operations. Continued the research and developments for "Database system to provide interoperability to computers," a major project conducted by the Agency of Industrial Science and Technology.
December 1987	Moved the INTAP Office from Akasaka, Minato-ku, Tokyo to Daikyo-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo.
April 1988	Continued surveys, research, international fellowship, tests, and verifications on OSI with grant from the Bicycle Promotion Association of Japan (KEIRIN) while preparing to implement an OSI network for verification. To conduct the operations of the OSI network for verification, installed 5^th Technology Section within its Technology Division. (three divisions and twelve sections in total) Continued the research and developments for "Database system to provide interoperability to computers," a major project conducted by the Agency of Industrial Science and Technology.
August 1988	Began distribution of the preliminary edition of the OSI Implementation Specifications. Officially launched the "Asia Oceania Workshop (AOW)," a project aided by the Bicycle Promotion Association of Japan (KEIRIN).
November 1988	Held the "OSI International Symposium," an operation aided by the Bicycle Promotion Association of Japan (KEIRIN). Held "INE ’88," a test of interoperability based on OSI.
March 1989	Joined as an exhibitor the 5^th International Conference of OSI Introduction. Launched test and verification services.
April 1989	Continued surveys, research, international fellowship, tests, and verifications of OSI networks with grant from the Bicycle Promotion Association of Japan (KEIRIN). Continued the research and developments for "Database system to provide interoperability to computers," a major project conducted by the Agency of Industrial Science and Technology. Founded INTAPnet (a network used for verification of OSI) Officially issued some fourteen specifications of OSI implementation as referential information for JISX5003. Held a Seminar on OSI Implementation Specifications (focused on FTAM).
October 1989	Had some demonstrations of OSI at Data Show ’89.
November 1989	Held an intermediate announcement, in the form of a conference, of results of our research and developments for "Database system to provide interoperability to computers."
January 1990	Held another Seminar on OSI Implementation Specifications (FTAM, MOTIS, and common specifications to the upper layers)
March 1990	Joined the demonstration of international connections at CeBIT ’90 (at Hanover, then West Germany) CPSforum founded. From Japan, POSI and INTAP joined the forum.
April 1990	Continued surveys, research, international fellowship, tests, and verifications of OSI networks with grant from the Bicycle Promotion Association of Japan (KEIRIN). Continued the research and developments for "Database system to provide interoperability to computers," a major project conducted by the Agency of Industrial Science and Technology.
October 1990	INTAP joined the Data Show ’90 (at Harumi Exhibition Hall) and conducted some demonstrations of TP and directory connections between heterogeneous computer models, under the title "Public OSI Connection Test INE ’90."
November 1990	Founded the INTAPnet Information Center to begin message exchanges among the members of INTAPnet and OSIone.
December 1990	Presented a letter of appreciation to the contributors at the INTAP’s fifth anniversary of foundation.
March 1991	Issued the second edition of the specifications of OSI implementation as referential information for JISX5003 (a separate volume) through the Japanese Standard Association.
April 1991	Continued surveys, research, international fellowship, tests, and verifications of OSI networks as well as their administration and publicity with grant from the Bicycle Promotion Association of Japan (KEIRIN). Continued the research and developments for "Database system to provide interoperability to computers," a major project conducted by the Agency of Industrial Science and Technology. (final year)
November 1991	Fourteen member corporations of INTAP held the "OSI Interconnection Test INE ’91" at the Science Museum, Tokyo. The test was divided into two sections, the lower layers (ISDN, CSMA/CD, FDDI, and LAN) and the upper layers (ODA, RDAonTP, and OSI management). Held the final announcement, in the form of a conference, of results of our research and developments for "Database system to provide interoperability to computers." Nine of our members who received renewed commission of research and the Electrotechnical Laboratory held another conference to announce the results of their research at the same time.
April 1992	Continued surveys, research, international fellowship, tests, and verifications of OSI networks as well as their administration and publicity with grant from the Bicycle Promotion Association of Japan (KEIRIN). Also, we incorporated development of OSI implementation specifications into out operations with aid from others. Including this one, INTAP now conducted six operations with aid from outside. The INTAP Conformance Test Center (ICTC) was approved as the first test center of OSI tests based on an announcement from then Ministry of International Trade and Industry. INTAP received the Information Systems Prize of the Nikkei BP Technology Award granted by Nikkei BP.
September 1992	Joined the Data Show held at Tokyo Big Sight, Harumi, to hold the "OSI Interconnection Test INE ’92."
November 1992	Held the first general assembly of the Asia Oceania Workshop (AOW) outside Japan (in Sydney, Australia). Announced our ODA test system at the International Conference of OS Introduction held in Paris and the opening ceremony of the Canadian Ministry of Communications’ Test Center in Montreal.
April 1993	Continued surveys, research, international fellowship, tests, and verifications of OSI networks as well as their administration, development of OSI implementation specifications, and publicity with grant from the Bicycle Promotion Association of Japan (KEIRIN).
September 1993	Appointed by the Agency of Natural Resources and Energy of then Ministry of International Trade and Industry to prepare and arrange the visual information system of nuclear energy. Issued the third edition of the specifications of OSI implementation as referential information for JISX5003 (a separate volume) through the Japanese Standard Association.
October 1993	Joined the Data Show held at Tokyo Big Sight, Harumi, to hold the "OSI Interconnection Demonstration INE ’93."
April 1994	Continued surveys, research, international fellowship, tests, and verifications of OSI networks as well as their administration, development of OSI implementation specifications, and publicity with grant from the Bicycle Promotion Association of Japan (KEIRIN).
September 1994	Joined the Data Show held at Tokyo Big Sight, Harumi, to hold the "OSI Interconnection Demonstration INE ’94."
March 1995	Issued the fourth edition of the specifications of OSI implementation as referential information for JISX5003 (a separate volume) through the Japanese Standard Association.
April 1995	Continued surveys, research, international fellowship, tests, and verifications of OSI networks as well as their administration, development of OSI implementation specifications, and publicity with grant from the Bicycle Promotion Association of Japan (KEIRIN).
October 1995	Joined the Data Show held at Tokyo Big Sight, Harumi, to hold a demonstration of distributed transaction processing covering the international and de facto standards (INE ’95).
December 1995	To celebrate the 10^th anniversary of INTAP’s foundation, we gave a letter of gratitude and an anniversary prize to those who contributed to our operations.
April 1996	Continued surveys, research, international fellowship, tests, and verifications related to interoperability of information processing as well as administration of a verification network, development of implementation rules, and publicity with grant from the Bicycle Promotion Association of Japan (KEIRIN).
October 1996	Joined the Data Show ’96 (at Ariake) to hold some demonstrations, mainly of verification and evaluation of network security, under the title "INE ‘96" (Interoperable Networking Event ’96).
December 1996	Collected information related to open interface technologies from both Japan and abroad and began development of an open interface inventory (OII) system, which was meant to provide an environment where users could efficiently search for and obtain the information collected.
April 1997	Continued surveys, research, international fellowship, tests, and verifications of OSI networks as well as their administration, development of OSI implementation specifications, and publicity with grant from the Bicycle Promotion Association of Japan (KEIRIN).
November 1997	At COM JAPAN 1997 (at Ariake), held some demonstrations, mainly of the information providing system "Open Interface Inventory (OII)," under the title, "INE 1997" (Interoperable Networking Event 1997).
March 1998	Conducted a survey on trends related to next-generation Internet in the U.S. and Europe. Conducted research and surveys related to the arrangement of the visual information system of nuclear energy commissioned by the Agency of Natural Resources. Continued the operation of the Open Interface Inventory (OII), as commissioned by the Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan (IPA) in 1996, and completed the basic framework of OII. Also, conducted surveys and research on standardization of open interfaces on commission from the Mechanic System Promotion Association. Conducted surveys and research to promote open networking on commission from then Ministry of International Trade and Industry.
April 1998	Continued surveys, research, international fellowship, tests, and verifications of OSI networks as well as their administration and publicity with grant from the Bicycle Promotion Association of Japan (KEIRIN). Though this year we did not develop the specifications of implementation, we conducted a survey on the specifications adopted by ANX (Automotive Network eXchange) instead. Also, continued surveys and research to promote open networking on commission from then Ministry of International Trade and Industry.
November 1998	Moved the INTAP Office from Daikyo-cho, Shinjuku-ku to Hon Komagome, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo.
December 1998	Began implementation of the Virtual Private Network (VPN) to be used for development and verification of advanced information systems, on commission from the Japan Information Processing Development Corporation(JIPDEC).
January 1999	Held the first report meeting (Report Meeting on the 43^rd IETF Conference) on the latest trends with technologies, where reports were made by participants in the IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force) Conference. The meeting has been regularly held three times each year ever since.
February 1999	The Ministry of International Trade and Industry installed the "Next-generation Internet Policy Conference" to consider how to continue the promotion of the next-generation Internet in Japan. INTAP was assigned to serve as the secretariat of the dialogs and founded a WG dedicated to them to begin the necessary work.
March 1999	Concluded the test services we had been providing since April 1992, when the Minister of International Trade and Industry granted us the approval to conduct OSI adaptability tests based on the announcement made in the month, since a new announcement made this March abolished the provisions of the former one. Thus, the INTAP Conformance Center (ICTC) was abolished.
April 1999	Continued research and developments on interoperability of information processing, including international trends with security technologies of next-generation networks, RG, etc., international fellowships through IETF and ICANN conferences, and publicity activities with grant from the Bicycle Promotion Association of Japan (KEIRIN).
January 2000	Completed the implementation of the Virtual Private Network (VPN) to be used for development and verification of advanced information systems, commissioned by the Japan Information Processing Development Corporation(JIPDEC) in December 1998. Delivered the network to JIPDEC. Also, in the middle of February, we joined the exhibition and demonstrations of the "Announcement of Results from Advanced Information Systems Development Verification Operations" held at ANA Hotel Tokyo. There, we publicized the results of our VPN project.
March 2000	Conducted research and surveys on promotion of open networks on commission from the Ministry of International Trade and Industry.
April 2000	Continued surveys, research, and international fellowship related to interoperability of information processing as well as administration of a verification network and publicity with grant from the Bicycle Promotion Association of Japan (KEIRIN). Also continued research and surveys to promote open networking consigned by Japan’s Ministry of International Trade and Industry.
June 2000	The Asia Oceania Workshop (AOW), for which INTAP has functioned as a secretariat, had accomplished the mission that was intended. INTAP’s Secretariat, therefore, decided to disband it.
February 2001	Co-sponsored "Internet Technology Symposium 2001 - Latest Information Technologies and Trends with Standardization" (an expanded report meeting on IETF Conference) with four other Internet-related organizations.
April 2001	The Open Systems Management Industry Collaboration (OSMIC) defined and implemented common specifications meant to secure interoperability among heterogeneous management systems, and, for the first time in the whole world, succeeded in an interconnectivity test connecting systems management products of multiple different vendors. The results were announced at a meeting called "Network & System Management Forum 2001 - Trends with Systems Management Technologies in the Age of Internet Collaborations -," where interconnection demonstrations were held and OSMIC’s activities were explained.
October 2001	Co-sponsored the "Semantic Web Conference - Latest trends with the next-generation Web technology, which is expected to spark the second IT revolution -,"with the Keio Research Institute of SFC.
November 2001	Signed a commission agreement with the Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan (IPA) to carry out research and development activities for the "Reference Implementation of XML Encryption Standard" project. Signed a commission agreement with the Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan (IPA) to carry out research and development activities for "Research and Development Related to Defining and Verifying Interconnectivity and Safety Specifications of Informational Household Appliances" project.
January 2002	Conducted a verification test of interconnectivity in Yokohama, on implementations of the minimum IPv6 specifications for multiple vendors, both domestic and abroad, on informational household appliances and other devices as part of "Research and Development Related to Defining and Verifying Interconnectivity and Safety Specifications of Informational Household Appliances" project.
February 2002	Co-sponsored the "iDC Use Seminar - Building iDCs to meet the demand of the broadband age / Guidelines for selective use of SLA and iDC - " with the iDC Initiative.
March 2002	OSMIC's paper on specifications, "Development of Event Exchange Methods among Heterogeneous Management Systems in the Internet Environment," received the Telecommunication Management (MT) Award from the Institute of Electronics, Information, and Communication Engineers (EIC).