TAP VIEW TAP believes that it is extremely important that the operating systems for the new telecommunications networks be as open as possible, and TAP strongly supports requirements that telecommunications carriers provide for interoperability. We are already receiving reports that some of the new networks are using proprietary interfaces to limit competition. If the operating systems for the new networks are closed and proprietary there will be less competition and more monopoly power in content markets. The definition of Interoperability isn't found in many dictionaries. The ability of two or more systems to interact in concert with one another in accordance with a prescribed method in order achieve a predictable result.
Interoperability allows diverse systems made by different vendors to communicate with each other.
Interoperability implies compatibility among systems at specified levels of interaction. This compatibility is achieved through specifications for the Interfaces between systems. Here is the current language for Sec. TAP-INFO reports on TAP activities relating to federal information policy.