standards horizon

• AAT at aatideas.org—maintains ICAS (Integrated Chronological Applications System) standards for date and time formatting.*
• BIPM at bipm.fr—maintains Système International d'Unités (International System of Units, international abbreviation SI).
• Metrication matters at metricationmatters.com—provides information about metrication programs.
• ECMA International at ecma-international.org—maintains standards for computer languages and systems including C and ECMA script (javascript).
• ISO at iso.ch—maintains libraries of international standards, including ISO 31, 216, and 8601.
• OASIS at oasis-open.org—develops a number of e business standards.
• STC at stc.org—promotes knowledge about technical communication, and supports various standards initiatives.
• Sun's Java Technology—maintains standards for Java programming language and operating system.
• TimeML at timeml.org—develops the TimeML markup language and namespace.
• USMA at metric.org—promotes education about metrication for the United States.
• W3C at w3.org—develops media technology standards and initiatives; including (X)HTML, CSS, WAI, and XML.

*enhanceability.com principal Ronald L Stone is an ardent supporter of Alliance for the Advancement of Technology's educational programs, in addition to some additional suport to other standards developing organizations.

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