The OSI/Network Management Forum has completed Release 1 of its technical programme, including Network Management Conformance Test Tools: with Release 1 implemented, any element in a network can be represented, users can see network composition, obtain network status, and make network changes across vendor systems as easily as within a single vendor system, the Forum claims; Release 1 is a complete set of specifications and conformance test tools for both Fault and Configuration Management, including Protocols, Application Services, Architecture, the Object Framework, Object Library, Shared Management Knowledge, Naming and Addressing, and Conformance Testing Requirements; the Conformance Test Tools are in beta test and will be available shortly to verify that products conform to Release 1 specs.