VXIplug&play
The VXIplug&play Systems Alliance was an organization whose
members shared a common commitment to end-user success with open,
multivendor VXI systems. The alliance accomplished major
improvements in ease of use by endorsing and implementing common
standards and practices in both hardware and software, beyond the
scope of the VXIbus specifications. The alliance used both formal
and de facto standards to define complete system frameworks. These
standard frameworks gave end-users "plug & play" interoperability at
both the hardware and system software level.
Integration into the IVI Foundation
The VXIplug&play Systems Alliance voted to become part of
the IVI Foundation in late 2002 and the IVI Foundation Board of
Directors voted to accept the merger in the spring of 2003. The VISA
technical committee of the VXIplug&play Systems Alliance
has been meeting in conjunction with the IVI Foundations meetings
since 2002, and it is now formally integrated into IVI IVI has
assumed control of the VXIplug&play specifications and all
ongoing work will be accomplished as part of the IVI Foundation.
The current, IVI-maintained VISA specification is available at
Specifications.