By design, the process used for the construction of the NESSI Open Service Framework (NEXOF) Reference Architecture must promote the active involvement of external parties.
This is implemented through a combination of governing and contributing bodies. The governing aspects are handled through the Architecture Board, which is the technical decision making authority of the project and includes architects from the key contributing external initiatives. The open contribution aspects are handled through the Open Construction Cycles (OCC) of the Open Architecture Specification Process (OASP).
