 Even in cases where a "standard" is used for some part of the chain, like Syslog, the standards don't typically contain enough guidance to assist developers in how to generate events, administrators in how to gather them correctly and reliably, and consumers to analyze them effectively.As an attempt to combat this problem, a couple parallel standardization efforts are underway.First, The Open Group is updating their circa 1997 XDAS standard, which never made it past draft status.