Standards are not boring: they are the only tool that prevents the world from turning into one big data cacophony

1. OASIS Open
Organization for the Advancement of
Structured Information Standards
Lifting the Curse of the Tower of Babel

2. Background
 OASIS Open is a not-for-profit consortium that creates
market-driven software standards
 Founded in 1993 as SGML Open  XML  JSON
 Global representation:
• 5,000+ participants including 600+ organizations & experts
• In 100+ countries

3. OASIS Mission
“To drive the development, convergence and
adoption of open standards for the global
information society.”

4. The Problem OASIS Standards Solve

5. What Standards Do
 Abolish technology lock-in
 Lower cost of technology
 Stimulate innovation
 Create global markets

6. OASIS: A Global Village of Problem Solvers
 Collaborate on smarter ways to exchange
information in the Cloud (private or public)
 Contribute time, resources, and vision to solving
pressing business problems - and advancing open
standards worldwide

7. OASIS Goals
 Provide effective, open, and transparent environment for
developing quality standards
 Broaden international representation and diversity of
membership
 Support all stages of standards lifecycle:
 Requirements definition
 Specification development
 Best practices advocacy
 Adoption services
 Cultivate productive relationships with policy setters, analysts,
and decision makers

8. Why Organizations and Experts Join OASIS
 OASIS is the most effective organization at creating market-driven,
global standards
 OASIS offers a community of IT experts with broad knowledge
 OASIS rules are clear, especially for intellectual property
 OASIS is open: all participants have an equal voice in the work
 Companies join to be part of technical innovation, increase their market
share and open up new markets
 Governments join because they want procurement standards, or want
include national needs in international standards
 Experts join because they want to work with their peers and be
recognized as global thought leaders

9. OASIS is Uniquely Democratic and Diverse
 Technical agenda set by members
 Board and Committee chairs elected by members
 Convergence encouraged, not mandated
 Diverse membership base: 100 countries, many languages
 Public archives
 Streamlined and completely visible process
 Everyone gets a vote
 Inexpensive: many membership options

10. Why OASIS Members Lead The Industry
They:
 Ensure their interests are represented in standards decisions
 Protect development efforts from single-vendor bias
 Build support for new ideas and creative approaches
 Define business cases and user requirements
 Unify fragmented efforts and encourage convergence
 Grow markets for standards-compliant products and services
 Promote adoption and educate user communities
 Encourage standards to be developed under preferred licensing
terms, including Royalty-Free and Non-Assert

11. OASIS TCs Do More Than Just Standards…
 Marketing groups, webinars, white papers that advance
adoption
 Recommend best practices
 Develop ways to automate policy
 Address interoperability issues, do interop demos
 Promote conformance and publish test suites
 Articulate requirements and identify gaps
 Provide input to many other groups

12. Why You Should Join
 If you make software:  If you use software:
 It’s easier to sell software that prevents lock-in  Submit requirements that meet your needs
 Procurement starts with standards  Reduce the cacophony of incompatible apps
 Join the Big Players and show thought  Standardize your processes along with your
leadership data
 Craft specs that fit your model  … And if you’re a public agency,
standardizing serves your constituency

13. OASIS Standards: Work That’s Making A Difference
 ID in the Cloud  DITA
 Cloud Portability (TOSCA)  DocBook
 ebXML (ISO 15000)  LegalXML
 WSRP  CAP
 WSDM  EDXL
 BPEL, BPEL4People  SCA, SDO
 SAML  SOA-RM
 WS-Security  IMI
 XACML  WS-DD
 KMIP  Smart Grid
 CMIS  Biometrics …
 OpenDocument Format (ODF)
(ISO 26300)

14. “The largest standards group for electronic
commerce on the Web [is] the Organization for
the Advancement of Structured Information
Standards.”

15. Contact Information:
info@oasis-open.org
+1 781 425 5073
http: www.oasis-open.org/join/