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The LSB 4.1 Specification

This is the approved final version of the LSB 4.1 specification. The tables below present two popular formats, you may also go to the page with all formats.

Release notes outlining changes from the previous release of the specification can be found in the release notes for LSB 4.1.

Note that the LSB 4.1 Core specification is an evolution of the ISO/IEC International Standard 23360, which corresponded to LSB 3.1. This edition is not to be considered an ISO standard.

LSB 4.1 was released February 16, 2011

Note: if you are planning to certify conformance to LSB 4.1, please begin by reading the applicable Product Standard.
Document Set Functional Area Architecture
Generic IA32 IA64 PPC32 PPC64 S390 S390X AMD64
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Runtime Languages HTML PDF  
Printing HTML PDF  
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