OASIS (the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards) is dedicated to the standardized, open exchange of structured data.

• Non-profit corporation founded in 1993 as SGML Open
• Open to everyone, even individuals
• All proceedings are public
• Run by an elected board of directors
• Broad industry support: Sun, IBM, Microsoft, HP, Adobe, Oracle, Software AG, SAP, Boeing, Xerox,...
• Works on specific applications of XML (e.g., DocBook, Security)
• Provides a neutral venue for cross-industry XML standardization efforts
• http://www.oasis-open.org/