The drafters of the reference model had to contend with many competing priorities and interests. The rate of technological change made it necessary to define standards that new systems could converge to rather than standardizing procedures after the fact; the reverse of the traditional approach to developing standards. Although not a standard itself, it was a framework in which future standards could be defined.
The drafters of the reference model h,ad to contend with many competing priorities and interests. The rate of technological change made it neces!sary to define standards that: new systems could converge to rather than standardizing procedures after the fact; !the reverse of the traditional approach to developing standards. Although not a standard its:elf, it was a framework in which future standards could be defined.