MIT X Consortium

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non-profit organization software consortium standards organization

The MIT X Consortium was a collaborative organization based at MIT that coordinated the development and standardization of the X Window System for Unix-like operating systems.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
MIT X Consortium canonical 4
MIT X Project 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf non-profit organization ⓘ
software consortium ⓘ
standards organization ⓘ
affiliation Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ
alternativeName X Consortium at MIT ⓘ
basedOn research at MIT ⓘ
collaboratedWith Unix system vendors ⓘ
computer hardware vendors ⓘ
research institutions ⓘ
software developers ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
field Unix software ⓘ
computer science ⓘ
graphical user interfaces ⓘ
software engineering ⓘ
windowing systems ⓘ
goal ensure interoperability of X Window System implementations ⓘ
maintain a common X Window System code base ⓘ
provide an open standard for graphical user interfaces on Unix-like systems ⓘ
industry information technology ⓘ
software ⓘ
influenced desktop environments for Unix-like systems ⓘ
graphical user interface standards on Unix ⓘ
open standards for window systems ⓘ
locatedIn Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ
locatedInCity Cambridge, Massachusetts ⓘ
name MIT X Consortium self-link ⓘ
notableWork coordination of X11 releases ⓘ
definition of X Window System protocol standards ⓘ
operatingSystemTarget Unix ⓘ
surface form: UNIX

Unix-like operating systems ⓘ
predecessor MIT Project Athena ⓘ
MIT X Consortium self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: MIT X Project
product X11 ⓘ
surface form: X Window System

X11 protocol specifications ⓘ
reference implementation of the X Window System ⓘ
purpose coordination of the development of the X Window System ⓘ
promotion of vendor-neutral X Window System standards ⓘ
standardization of the X Window System ⓘ
standardized X Toolkit Intrinsics (Xt) ⓘ
X Window System extensions ⓘ
X11 network-transparent windowing protocol ⓘ
X11 ⓘ
surface form: Xlib programming interface
successor The Open Group ⓘ
X Consortium, Inc. ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

X11 → developer → MIT X Consortium ⓘ
xterm → origin → MIT X Consortium ⓘ
MIT X Consortium → name → MIT X Consortium self-link ⓘ
MIT X Consortium → predecessor → MIT X Consortium self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: MIT X Project
twm → developer → MIT X Consortium ⓘ