W3C develops interoperable technologies (specifications, guidelines, software, and tools) to lead the Web to its full potential. W3C is a forum for information, commerce, communication, and collective understanding.

The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) is a large open international community of network designers, operators, vendors, and researchers concerned with the evolution of the Internet architecture and the smooth operation of the Internet. It is open to any interested individual.

ICANN is responsible for the global coordination of the Internet’s system of unique identifiers. The mission of ICANN is to coordinate, at the overall level, the global Internet’s systems of unique identifiers, and in particular to ensure the stable and secure operation of the Internet’s unique identifier systems.

The Unicode Consortium enables people around the world to use computers in any language. Our members develop the Unicode Standard, Unicode Locales (CLDR), and other standards. These specifications form the foundation for software internationalization in all major operating systems, search engines, applications, and the Web.

OMG is an open membership, not-for-profit consortium that produces and maintains computer industry specifications for interoperable enterprise applications. Its flagship specification is the multi-platform Model Driven Architecture (MDA), that is based on the modeling specifications the MOF, UML, XMI, and CWM.

OASIS is a not-for-profit, international consortium that drives the development, convergence, and adoption of e-business standards. The consortium produces more Web services standards than any other organization along with standards for security, e-business, and standardization efforts in the public sector and for application-specific markets.

The Open Group is a vendor-neutral and technology-neutral consortium, whose vision of Boundaryless Information Flow

CGM Open is an international organization of vendors and users dedicated to open and interoperable standards for the exchange of graphical information. CGM Open is an affiliate member of OASIS, the XML interoperability consortium.

UDDI is a cross-industry effort driven by major platform and software providers, as well as marketplace operators and e-business leaders within the OASIS standards consortium. UDDI protocol is one of the major building blocks required for successful Web services.

An open industry organization chartered to promote we services interoperability across platforms, operating systems, and programming languages. WS-I delivers practical guidance, best practices and resources for developing interoperable web services solutions.

Top 10 Standards Bodies in IT Industry

In IT industry, vendors, special interest groups, and individual professionals form standards bodies and consortia to research and develop technical specifications.

[Read more]