ISO/IEC 10746为开放式分布式处理（ODP）的标准化提供了一个协调框架。这支持分布、互通、可移植性以及平台和技术独立性。它为ODP系统的规范建立了一个企业架构框架。 ISO/IEC 10746从五个规定的角度定义了指定开放式分布式处理系统所必需的基本概念。它为大规模分布式系统的规范结构化提供了一个完善的框架。 ISO/IEC 10746提供的系统规范框架有四个基本要素: 系统规范的对象建模方法； 根据独立但相互关联的视点规范对系统的规范； 为系统应用程序提供分发透明度的系统基础设施的定义；评估系统一致性的框架。 ISO/IEC 10746-3:20 09规定了使分布式处理成为开放的所需特征，即ODP标准必须符合的约束。它使用ISO/IEC 10746-2中的描述技术来定义五个ISO/IEC 10746视点。这些视点是整个系统规范的细分，旨在汇集与某个利益相关者或特定关注领域相关的特定信息。ISO/IEC 10746-3:20 09还定义了功能和结构的分类法，以实现分布透明度。

ISO/IEC 10746 provides a coordinating framework for the standardization of open distributed processing (ODP). This supports distribution, interworking, portability, and platform and technology independence. It establishes an enterprise architecture framework for the specification of ODP systems. ISO/IEC 10746 defines the essential concepts necessary to specify open distributed processing systems from five prescribed viewpoints. It provides a well-developed framework for the structuring of specifications for large-scale, distributed systems. The framework for system specification provided by ISO/IEC 10746 has four fundamental elements:

• an object modelling approach to system specification;
• the specification of a system in terms of separate but interrelated viewpoint specifications;
• the definition of a system infrastructure providing distribution transparencies for system applications;
• a framework for assessing system conformance.

ISO/IEC 10746-3:2009 specifies the required characteristics that qualify distributed processing as open, i.e. the constraints to which ODP standards must conform. It uses the descriptive techniques from ISO/IEC 10746-2 to define five ISO/IEC 10746 viewpoints. These viewpoints are subdivisions of the specification of a whole system, established to bring together the particular pieces of information relevant to some stakeholder or particular area of concern. ISO/IEC 10746-3:2009 also defines a taxonomy for functions and structures to realize distribution transparencies.