This International Standard provides an engineering description of the functionality needed to support the computational binding of objects in ODP systems. This International Standard includes: - a framework for binding interfaces and a generic binding protocol; - a specification of the generic information structure of interface references; - representation(s) for interface references when transferred using standardized protocols; - identification of procedures for the management and transfer of interface references with respect to individual transparancies; - identification of node management interfaces related to binding and federation which create or tra