R.Bettarini,G.Faconti,L.Moltedo,C.E. Vandoni2015-09-292015-09-2919851017-4656https://doi.org/10.2312/eg.19851015The recently adopted standards in the fields of computer networks and computer graphics has given to the opportunity to start a project to develop a distributed model of the Graphical Kernel System (GKS). The aim of this project is to offer a uniform accessible set of graphical services to the community of scientific and technical users belonging to the National Reserch Council, Universities and other research institutions in Italy. This paper outlines some major problems encountered in the definition of the model of the distributed GKS, and proposes solutions.EXTENDING GKS TO A DISTRIBUTED ARCHITECTURE10.2312/eg.19851015