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A framework for the next generation machinery monitoring and diagnostic systems is being addressed through the OSA-CBM development team. This framework employs the use of an open system architecture standard that uses a distributed software model approach. A distributed software model was selected due to the recent emergence of enabling software technologies and the benefits of the approach. In particular, the availability of network connectivity provides a ready hardware backbone over which the software system may be distributed. A good overview for OSA-CBM development and insight into an XML-based implementation is provided.