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Whether you want to start, lead, or contribute to a project, OASIS is the place to be. Here are some of our projects.

Security Algorithms and Methods (SAM)

Defining a well-documented collection of algorithms, mechanisms and methods, including test-vectors, that can be used in other Technical Committees.

Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA)

Advancing a document creation and management specification that builds content reuse into the authoring process

Content Technologies

LegalDocumentML (LegalDocML)

Advancing worldwide best practices for the use of XML in legal documents

eGov/Legal

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OASIS Standards & Releases

Chances are you’ve been touched by at least one of our standards over the last 24 hours. Our members produce work that defines how the internet exchanges information.

Approved: 23 Apr 2020

OData enables the creation and consumption of REST-based data services which allow resources, identified using Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) and defined in a data model, to be published and edited by Web clients using simple HTTP messages. OData helps create a more open, programmable Web, and simplifies the querying and sharing of data across applications for re-use in the enterprise, cloud, and mobile devices.

Messaging

Approved: 09 Jul 2018

Universal Business Language Version 2.2

Defining a generic XML interchange format for business documents that can be restricted or extended to meet the requirements of particular industries.

e-Business

Approved: 12 May 2020

OData Common Schema Definition Language (CSDL) JSON Representation Version 4.01

The Common Schema Definition Language (CSDL) defines specific representations of the entity data model exposed by an OData service. This document specifically defines the XML representation of CSDL.