XML Standardization

The XML standards landscape

Proprietary consortia: UDDI, ...

Vertical industry consortia (hundreds of them, including RosettaNet)

Horizontal industry consortia: W3C, OASIS, JCP, ...

Open standards bodies

Ad hoc forums: xml-dev, etc.

Grass-roots organizations: IETF, OASIS TCs

National/regional bodies: ANSI, JIS, BSI, AFNOR, ..., CEN

International bodies: ITU, ISO, IEC, JTC1, UN/ECE

Open source projects: apache, linux, gnome, ...