Alphabetical List
| | | 1355 Association | Promoted the IEEE 1355-1996 standard (ISO/IEC 14575) | 3D Industry Forum (3DIF) | Promotes 3D technology and standards| Accellera Systems Initiative (formerly Open SystemC Initiative) | Supports and advances SystemC as an open source standard for system-level design| Accredited Standards Committee X9 | Develops and promotes standards for the Financial Services Industry| Advanced Authority Format (AAF) | Focused on the creation of timely, innovative, business-driven specifications and technologies for networked media workflows (became The Advanced Media Workflow Association (AMWA)in January 2000)| Advanced Media Workflow Association, Inc. (AMWA) | Develops and Promotes File Interchange Formats, including the Advanced Authoring Format | aHIT! | Documents interoperability requirements for IP Telephony and Multimedia applications| American National Standards Institute (ANSI) | The United States representative in ISO (the International Organization for Standardization)| American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, The (ASPRS) | Advances the science of photogrammetry and remote sensing| Application Service Provider Industry Consortium, Inc. (ASPIC) | Promoted and supported the ASP industry | ARCNET Trade Association (ATA) | Promotes the use of ARCNET
technology| Asia Cloud Computing Association | Promotes the adoption of cloud computing| Association for Retail Technology Standards (ARTS) | Promotes and develops retail standards| BioAPI Consortium | Develops APIs
for various biometric technologies | Biomedical Informatics Research Network (BIRN) | Sponsored initiative that promotes large-scale biomedical science collaborations| Broadband Content Delivery Forum (BCDF) | Addresses the business and technology issues affecting end-to-end delivery of broadband content| BuildingSmart International Alliance for Interoperability | Promotes improved decisions earlier in the life cycle of a built facility| Calendaring and Scheduling Consortium | Promotes the interoperable exchange of calendaring and scheduling information between dissimilar programs, platforms, and technologies| CHINA Electronics Standardization Institute (CESI) | Professional institute for standardization in the field of electronics and the IT industry| CIP4 | Promotes the adoption of process automation in the printing industry| Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC) | Develops electronic standards for medical and biopharmaceutical development| CodePlex Foundation (now OuterCurve Foundation) | Enables the exchange of code among software companies and open source communities| Collaborative Electronic Notebook Systems Association (CENSA) | Promotes electronic recordkeeping systems standards| Component Vendor Consortium (CVC) | Promotes the use of commercial software components and tools by developers| Computer and Communications Industry Association (CCIA) | Promotes competitive and fair open markets, open systems, and open networks| Computer Graphics Metafile Open Consortium (CGM Open) | Enables open and interoperable standards for the exchange of graphical information| Consortium Of Anti-Spyware Technology Vendors (COAST) | Promotes anti-spyware standards| ControlNet International | Manages
ControlNet technology and supports vendors and users of ControlNet products| Cyber Security Industry Alliance (CSIA) | Hardware,
software and service provider advocacy group formed to enhance cyber security| Daisy Consortium | Transitions libraries from analog to Digital Talking Books| Data Center Markup Language Organization (DCML) | Promotes and maintains the DCML specification| DIG 64 | Promotes and develops guidelines based on the Intel® Itanium™ processor to ensure interoperability| Digital Data Exchange (DDEX) | Develops and supports digital distribution of music and other digital content| Digital Watermarking Alliance (DWA) | Promotes digital watermarking solutions | DVD Copy Control Association, The (DVD CCA) | Licenses the Content Scramble System (CSS) to protect copyrighted material from theft| DVD Rewritable Alliance (DVD+RW) | Develops and promotes a universal rewritable DVD format| EAN.UCC System (now GS1) | Develops supply chain standards and numbering systems | EDA Consortium | Promotes the Electronics Design Automation Industry | Electronic Business XML Initiative (ebXML) | Promotes and develops standards for an open XML-based infrastructure for business purposes| Embedded Linux Consortium (Merged into the Linux Foundation) | Developed, advanced, and promoted Linux standards | Energy Conservation and Home Network (ECHONET) Consortium | Develops ecologically friendly software and hardware| eNsemble™ Multi-Core Alliance | Develops and promotes high-performance networking equipment using industry-leading multi-core processors| Extend The Internet Alliance (ETI) | Develops networking and remote management solutions for intelligent devices| Foundation for Intelligent Physical Agents (FIPA) | Develops software standards for physical agents and agent-based systems| GateD Consortium | Develops and promotes network routing protocol deployment | Gelato Federation | Develops computing solutions for
Itanium Linux platform| Global Infrastructure Alliance for Internet Safety (GIAIS) | Provides technology and communications support to the service provider industry| Global Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) Industry Forum (GIIF) | Promotes the growth of the ISDN industry
| Globus Alliance, The | Develops open source software in the areas of science and engineering| GNU Project | Promotes the free GNU licensing model and
hosts the Free Software Foundation| HR-XML Consortium (HR-XML) | Develops and promotes a
standard suite of XML specifications| Hybrid Memory Cube Consortium | Develops and promotes HMC Integration into a wide variety of systems, platforms and applications| HyperTransport Technology Consortium | Promotes
HyperTransport technology specifications| IMPALA (International MHEG Promotion Alliance) | Promotes public standard hybrid interactive TV middleware| Industry Advisory Council (IAC) | Provides information resources management products and services to government | Institute of Electronic and Electrical Engineers (IEEE) | Promotes advancement and innovation for the benefit of humanity| International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) | Develops and promotes the computing and communications industry relating to Information Technology| International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium, Inc. (ISC) | Educating and certifying information security professionals| International Software Escrow Association (ISEA) | Promoting and providing software escrow protection| IPv6 Forum, The | Promotes the IPv6 protocol| IVI Foundation (Interchangeable Virtual Instruments) | Defines software standards for instrument interchangeability| J Consortium, Inc. | Provides an open
forum for setting Real Time Java standards | Java Card Forum (JCF) | Promotes Java as the programming
language for multiple-application smart cards| Java Community Process (JCP) | Holds the responsibility for the development of Java technology| Jini.org | Promotes Jini Network Technology| JTC1 | Promotes standardization in the field of Information Technology| Kavi Corporation | Kavi is the leading provider of enterprise-class solutions for committee-driven associations and standard-setting organizations. | Khronos Group | Develops open standards APIs| LiMo Foundation | Dedicated to creating the first truly open Linux-based operating system for mobile devices.| Linux Foundation | Dedicated to fostering the growth of Linux.| Local Interconnect Network Consortium (LIN) | Promotes Local Interconnect Network (LIN), a serial communication system intended to be used for distributed electronic systems in vehicles| LSB Project (LSB) | Promotes interoperability in Linux systems| Massachusetts Software and Internet Council (MSIC) | Promotes the software and Internet industry in Massachusetts| Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group (MAAWG) | Supports
and promotes the messaging industry| Multiband OFDM Alliance (MBOA) | Develops specifications
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