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体系结构框架。ISO/IEC 10746从五个规定的角度定义了规范开放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 10746-2:20 09包含任何分布式处理系统的标准化描述的概念和分析框架的定义。它介绍了符合ODP标准的原则及其应用方式。这些概念和原则用于ISO/IEC 10746-3，并建立新的ODP规范技术的要求。

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 10746-2:2009 contains the definition of the concepts and analytical framework for normalized description of any distributed processing system. It introduces the principles of conformance to ODP standards and the way in which they are applied. These concepts and principles are used in ISO/IEC 10746-3 and to establish requirements for new ODP specification techniques.