OSEK
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OSEK, an acronym for Offene Systeme und deren Schnittstellen für die Elektronik in Kraftfahrzeugen (eng., "Open Systems and their interfaces for the Electronics in Motor vehicles"). It is a standards body that has produced specifications for an embedded operating system, a communications stack, and a network management protocol for automotive embedded systems. It has also produced other related specifications.
OSEK have been founded in 1993 by a german automotive companies consortium (BMW, Robert Bosch GmbH, DaimlerChrysler, Opel, Siemens, et Volkswagen Group) and the University of Karlsruhe. In 1994, the french cars manufacturers Renault and PSA Peugeot Citroën which had a similar project called VDX (Vehicle Distributed eXecutive), joined the consortium.