Alphabetical List of Standards-related Fora and Consortia
1394 TA - The 1394 High Performance Serial Bus Trade Association
AACS - Advanced Access Content System
ACCELLERA
ACM - Association of Computing Machinery
AES - Audio Engineering Society
AFEI - Association For Enterprise Integration
AIIM - Association for Information and Image Management
AIM - Association for Automatic Identification and Mobility
AMWA - Advanced Media Workflow Association
ARMA International
ARCNET Trade Association
ARTS - Association for Retail Technology Standards
ASTM International
ATIS - Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions
AUTOSAR - Automotive Open System Architecture Partnership
BioAPI
Bluetooth - Bluetooth Consortium
BSF - Broadband Services Forum
C
Cablelab - Cable Laboratories
CalConnect.org - Calendaring and Scheduling Consortium
CAM-I - Consortium for Advanced Manufacturing International
CANENA - Council for Harmonization of Electrotechnical Standardization of the Nations of the Americas
CDG - CDMA Development Group
CDISC - Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium
CEA - The Consumer Electronics Association
CELF - Consumer Electronics Linux Forum
CENSA - Collaborative Electronic Notebook Systems Association
CHeS - Coalition for Healthcare eStandards Inc.
CIDX - Chemical Industry Data Exchange
CIPA - Camera and Imaging Products Association
CLSI - Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute
CompTIA - Computing Technology Industry Association
CSIA - Cyber Security Industry Alliance
CTIA - Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association
CVC - Component Vendor Consortium
D
DCMI - Dublin Core Metadata Initiative
DDEX - Digital Data Exchange
DDWG - Digital Display Working Group, The
DECT Forum - Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications
DIGITAL EUROPE
DISA - Data Interchange Standards Association
DLNA - Digital Living Network Alliance
DMPF - The Digital Media Project
DMTF - Distributed Management Task Force, Inc.
DRM - Digital Radio Mondiale
DSL Forum - Digital Subscriber Line Forum
DVB - Digital Video Broadcasting Project
DVD Forum
E
ebIX - European forum for energy Business Information eXchange
ECBS - European Committee for Banking Standards
Echonet - Echonet Consortium
Eclipse.org
ECMA – An international Europe-based Industry Association for Standardizing Information and Communication Systems
ECOM – Electronic Commerce Promotion Council of Japan
ECSS – European Cooperation on Space Standardization
EDA Consortium - Electronic Design Automation Consortium
EDIFICE – The Standardized Electronic Commerce Forum for companies with interest in Computing and Electronics and Telecommunication
EEMBC - Embedded Microprocessor Benchmark Consortium
EIA – Electronic Industries Alliance
EIC - Emergency Interoperability Consortium
EIDQ – European international Directory InQuiry Group
EMF – European Multimedia Forum
Energistics
EPCglobal
ERTICO – Intelligence Transport System and Services Europe
ETIS – European Telecommunication Informatics Services
ETP – European Telecommunications Platform
EuroGeographic
EUROGI - EURopean umbrella Organization for Geographic Information
EUROSMART - European Smart Card Industry Association
F
FCIA - Fibre Channel Industry Association
FIPA - Foundation for Intelligent Physical Agents
FlexRay Consortium
FSTC - Financial Services Technology Consortium
G
GlobalPlatform
Globus Alliance
GS1 - (Formerly EAN)
GmSA - Global Mobile Suppliers Association
GSA - Gaming Standards Association
GSDi - Global Spatial Data Infrastructure
GVF - Global Very Small aperture Terminal (VSAT) Forum
H
HAVi – Home Audio Video Interoperability
HIBCC - Health Industry Business Communications Council, The
HIMSS - Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society
HL7 - Health Level Seven
HomePlug – HomePlug Powerline Alliance
HomePNA – Home Phoneline Networking alliance
HR-XML – Human Resource XML Consortium
I
I3A – International Imaging Industry Association
IBIA – International Biometric Industry Association
IBTA - InfiniBand Trade Association
ICA - International Communications Association
ICH - Interoperability Clearinghouse
IDEAlliance - International Digital Enterprise Alliance
IDEMA - International Disk Drive Equipment and Materials Association
IDPF - International Digital Publishing Forum
IEC- International Electrotechnical Commission
IEEE – Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
IEST - Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technology
IETF – Internet Engineering Task Force
IFSF – International Forecourt Standards Forum
IIA – Internet Industry Association
IMS Forum - IP Multimedia Subsystem Forum
IMTC – The International Multimedia Teleconferencing Consortium
INC – Industry Numbering Committee
INCITS – International Committee for Information Technology Standards
iNEMI - International Electronics Manufacturing Initiative
Integration Consortium
Internet2 – Internet 2 Initiative
INTUG – International Telecommunication User Group
IPC - Association Connecting Electronic Industries
IPTC - International Press Telecommunications Council
IPv6Forum – Internet Protocol version 6 Forum
IrDA – The Infrared Data Association
ISA - The Instrumentation, Systems, and Automation Society
ISC – Internet Systems Consortium
ISF - Information Security Forum
ISMA – Internet Streaming Media Alliance
ITS America – Intelligent Transportation Society of America
itSMF - IT Service Management Forum
IVI Foundation - Interchangeable Virtual Instruments Foundation
IWA – International Webcasting Association
J
JCF – Java Card Forum
Jedec
K
Khronos Group
KNX - KONNEX Association
L
Liberty Alliance Project
Linux Foundation
LonMark International
LXI - LXI Consortium
M
MDA – Mobile Data Association
MEF – Metro Ethernet Forum
MIPC - Mobile Imaging and Printing Consortium
MIPI - Mobile Industry Processor Interface Alliance
MMA – Midi Manufacturers Association
Mobey Forum
MPEG Industry Forum
MSF – Multiservice Switching Forum
N
NANOG – North American Network Operators Group
NCOIC - Network Centric Operations Industry Consortium
NCPDP - National Council for Prescription Drug Programs, Inc.
NFC Forum - Near Field Communication Forum
NIL Com - The NIL (Nanoimprint Lithography) Consortium
NISO – National Information Standards Organization
NPES - Association for Suppliers of Printing, Publishing and Converting Technologies
O
OAG – Open Applications Group
OAI - Open Archives Initiative
OASIS – Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards
OCP-IP - Open Core Protocol International Partnership
ODVA – Open DeviceNet Vendor Association, Inc
OGC – Open GIS Consortium
OGF - Open Grid Forum
OIF – Optical Internetworking Forum
OMA - Open Mobile Alliance
OMG – Object Management Group
OMTP - Open Mobile Terminal Platform Group
ONFI - Open NAND Flash Interface
OPA - Online Privacy Alliance
OpenAjax Alliance
OpenForum Europe
OSCRE - Open Standards Consortium for Real Estate
OSE - Open Security Exchange
OSGI – Open Services Gateway Initiative
OSI - Open Source Initiative
OTA - Open Travel Alliance
OW2 - OW2 Consortium
P
PC104 Consortium
PCCA – portable Computer and Communications Association
PCI SIG – Peripheral Component Interconnect Special Working Group
PDES
PHS MoU Group – Personal Handyphone System Memorandum of Understanding Group
PICMG – PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturers Group
PIDX - Petroleum Industry Data Exchange Committee
Power.org
Project Mesa
PWG - Printer Working Group
R
RapidIO Trade Association
RosettaNet
S
SA Forum - Service Availability Forum
SATA-IO - Serial ATA International Organization
SCSI_TA – Small Computer System Interface Trade Association
SDR Forum – Software Define Radio Forum
SEMATECH
SIA - Security Industry Association
SIFA - Schools Interoperability Framework Association
SIM Alliance – Subscriber Identification Module Alliance
SIP Forum
SISO - Simulation Interoperability Standards Organization
Smart Card Alliance
SMDG
SNIA – Storage Networking Industry Association
SPC - Storage Performance Council
SPIRIT Consortium
SSCI - Systems and Software Consortium, Inc.
Symbian
T
TAHI - The Application Home Initiative
TCG – Trusted Computing Group
TD SCDMA Forum
TEI-C - Text Encoding Initiative Consortium
TETRA MoU Association – Terrestrial Trunked Radio
TIA – Telecommunications Industry Association
TMF – TeleManagement Forum
TOG - The Open Group
TPC – Transaction Processing Performance Council
TWIST - Transaction Workflow Innovation Standards Team
U
UMTS Forum – Universal Mobile Telecommunications System Forum
Unicode Consortium
UniForum – The International Association of Open Systems Professionals
UPnP – Universal Plug and Play Forum
USB-IF – Universal Serial Bus Implementers'Forum
USPI - Uitgebereid Samenwerkingsverband Procesindustrie Nederland
V
VESA – Video Electronics Standards Association
VICS - Voluntary Interindustry Commerce Standards Association
VITA - VMEBus International Trade Association
Voice XML Forum – The Voice Extensible Markup Language Forum
VOIPSA - Voice over IP Security Association
VPNC - Virtual Private Network Consortium
W
W3C – World Wide Web Consortium
WASC - Web Application Security Consortium
WEB3D – WEB3D Consortium
WEDI - Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange
WfMC – Workflow Management Coalition
WHAT - Web Hypertext Application Technology
Wi-Fi Alliance
WiMAX Forum – Worldwide Microwave Interoperability Forum
WiMedia Alliance
WINA - Wireless Industrial Networking Alliance
WorldDAB Forum – World Digital Audio Broadcast Forum
WS-I – Web Servicies Interoperability Organization
X
XBRL – Extensible Business Reporting Language
X.org
Z
ZigBee - The ZigBee Alliance