ENCLOSURE (1) to COMDTINST 5230.59
DECEMBER 1999
U.S. Coast Guard Common Operating Environment (USCG COE)
MOTIF. The Open Group's MOTIF(r) Window Manager is the graphical user
interface built on X Windows. This is the standard windowing interface for
USCG platforms running the UNIX operating system.
With the Coast Guard in a Windows NT environment, procurements should stipulate the
WIN32 standard wherever practicable. However, if interoperability is needed with an agency or
organization that uses X-Windows, the procurement must consider the X-Windows standard. FIPS
PUB 158-1 addresses layers 0, 1, and 2 of the User Interface System Reference Model (UISRM)
which is based on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's X Window system. Work is still in
progress on Layers 3, 4, 5, and 6 and has not progressed enough to include specifications in this
model on those layers.
Menus - Allows for the generation of custom menus within the desktop environment
and the customization of existing applications in the desktop.
Icons - Allows for the creation of pictorial representations of applications associated
with the information which the operating system needs to execute the application.
3.3. Infrastructure Services Layer
Infrastructure Services are largely independent of any particular application.
3.3.1. Management Services.
The Management Services functional element includes network and system
management, and security administration.
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