Fieldbus Foundation

 
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The '''Fieldbus Foundation''' is an organization dedicated to a single international, interoperable [[Fieldbus]] [[Standardization|standard]]. It was established in September 1994 by a merger of ''WorldFIP North America'' and the ''Interoperable Systems Project'' (ISP). According to their [http://www.fieldbus.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=90&Itemid=196 site], the Fieldbus foundation is a not-for-profit corporation that consists of more than 350 of the world's suppliers and end users of process control and manufacturing [[Automation]] products. Working together, these companies have made contributions to the [[International Electrotechnical Commission|IEC]]/ISA fieldbus standards development.  
The '''Fieldbus Foundation''' is an organization dedicated to a single international, interoperable [[Fieldbus]] [[Standardization|standard]]. It was established in September 1994 by a merger of ''WorldFIP North America'' and the ''Interoperable Systems Project'' (ISP). According to their [http://www.fieldbus.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=90&Itemid=196 site], the Fieldbus foundation is a not-for-profit corporation that consists of more than 350 of the world's suppliers and end users of process control and manufacturing [[Automation]] products. Working together, these companies have made contributions to the [[International Electrotechnical Commission|IEC]]/ISA fieldbus standards development.  
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Unlike proprietary [[Telecommunications network|network]] protocols, FOUNDATION fieldbus is not owned by any individual company, or controlled by a single nation or regulatory body. Foundation strives to design an open, interoperable [fieldbus] that is based on the [[International Organization for Standardization]]'s [[OSI model|Open Systems Interconnection (OSI/ISO) seven-layer communications model]]. The FOUNDATION specification is compatible with the officially sanctioned [[SP50]] standards project of the [[ISA -International Society of Automation]] and the [[International Electrotechnical Commission]] (IEC).<br><br>
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Unlike proprietary [[Telecommunications network|network]] protocols, FOUNDATION fieldbus is not owned by any individual company, or controlled by a single nation or regulatory body. Foundation strives to design an open, interoperable [fieldbus] that is based on the [[International Organization for Standardization]]'s [[OSI model|Open Systems Interconnection (OSI/ISO) seven-layer communications model]]. The FOUNDATION specification is compatible with the officially sanctioned [[SP50]] standards project of the [[ISA - International Society of Automation]] and the [[International Electrotechnical Commission]] (IEC).<br><br>
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