Policies and Guidelines

Policies Referenced in OASIS Membership Agreement

The following OASIS documents, approved by the Board of Directors, are referenced as a part of the terms and conditions of the OASIS Membership Agreement.

Antitrust Guidelines

Defining the OASIS Antitrust Guidelines

Bylaws

Describing the governance policies and procedures for the Consortium

Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Policy

Governing the treatment of intellectual property in the production of specifications and other works by OASIS

Other OASIS Policies and Guidelines

Best Practices for Member Section Steering Committees

Offering suggested activities and practices that Steering Committees may use to provide and derive maximum value for their Member Sections and themselves

Board Standing Rules

Documenting procedures under which the OASIS Board operates

Case Study Guidelines

Detailing the creation and publication of official Consortium documents that describe implementation experiences involving OASIS Standards or specifications

Conflict of Interest Policy

Governing disclosure and conduct of Board members, corporate officers, or any persons with financial interest in proposed OASIS transactions or arrangements

Directives for Filenames, URIs, Namespaces, and Metadata

Providing rules and best practice guidance for specification design, including: filenames, URIs, namespace URIs, namespace documents, version identifiers, and metadata

Document Retention and Destruction Policy

Describing OASIS operational requirements for retaining documents and secure destruction of documents.

Guidelines to Writing Conformance Clauses

Providing guidelines on how to write Conformance statements for OASIS specifications

Information Security Policy

Governing the operational procedures taken to securely store Personal Information and the requirements for reporting any security breach.

Interoperability Demonstration Policy

Governing participation in public interoperability demonstrations that showcase multi-vendor implementations of approved OASIS work

Interoperability Guidelines

Describing best practices for writing specifications, so that the risk of having interoperability (or portability) failures between implementations is reduced

Interpretations Policy

Describing the process by which implementers may seek interpretation of OASIS Standards

Keyword Guidelines for OASIS Specifications and Standards

Describing best practices in using RFC2119 or ISO keywords when writing specifications

Liaison Policy

Governing formal liaison relationships between OASIS and other organizations

Liaison Policy - ANSI Addendum

OASIS Technical Committees considering submitting their Standards for consideration for American National Standard (ANS) status must comply with these requirements in order for their work to be eligible for ANS submission under the Liaison Policy.

Mailing List Guidelines and Procedures

Describing the range of OASIS mailing lists, instructions for their use, and the policies that govern their operation and archives

Media Relations Policy

Governing communications with the media on OASIS work

Member Section Policy

Defining the types of activities that can be conducted within an OASIS Member Section

OASIS Committee Operations Process

Defining common rules applying to any committee operating at OASIS.

OASIS Defined Terms

Defining terms that carry specific meaning when used in OASIS policy and rule documents.

Open Repository Guidelines and Procedures

Supporting the development of open source resources related to OASIS Technical Committee work through community contributions to GitHub public repositories

Technical Committee (TC) Process

Governing the OASIS Technical Committee Process

Trademark Policy

Governing the use of OASIS marks and copyrights

Translation Policy

Governing language translations of OASIS Standards, specifications, and documents

Whistleblower Policy

Providing instruction and protection for individuals who make allegations regarding potentially illegal or inappropriate conduct within OASIS