Linux Standard Base (LSB)
主页：http://www.linuxbase.org
http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/lsb
The Linux Standard Base was created to lower the overall costs of supporting the Linux platform. By reducing the differences between individual Linux distributions, the LSB greatly reduces the costs involved with porting applications to different distributions, as well as lowers the cost and effort involved in after-market support of those applications.
简介：http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/lsb/lsb-introduction
An operating system’s success is inextricably linked with the number and quality of applications that run on top of it. Linux and its variances between distributions, however, present ISVs and individual developers with a unique set of challenges: different distributions of Linux make use of different versions of libraries, important files stored in different locations, and so on. If an ISV wants to reach a global Linux audience, they must support more than one distribution of Linux. These challenges and variances make it difficult--and costly--for ISVs to target the Linux platform.
It is somewhat of an irony: choice is what drives Linux adoption, yet this very choice can make things difficult for application developers. The costs and resources involved in targeting multiple Linux distributions for application development is not something that can be taken lightly.
The Linux Standard Base was created to solve these challenges and lower the overall costs of supporting the Linux platform. By reducing the differences between individual Linux distributions, the LSB greatly reduces the costs involved with porting applications to different distributions, as well as lowers the cost and effort involved in after-market support of those applications.
The Linux Foundation and the Linux Standard Base were created to enable ISVs to cost effectively target the Linux platform, reducing their porting, support, and testing costs while helping them address a global market for their applications.
Specifications Archive：http://refspecs.linuxfoundation.org/lsb.shtml