Last modified by Keith Swenson 11/27/2008
Public Description (Wiki Format)
Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS)
OASIS (Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards) 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. Founded in 1993, OASIS has more than 5,000 participants representing over 600 organizations and individual members in 100 countries.
OASIS is distinguished by its transparent governance and operating procedures. Members themselves set the OASIS technical agenda, using a lightweight process expressly designed to promote industry consensus and unite disparate efforts. Completed work is ratified by open ballot. Governance is accountable and unrestricted. Officers of both the OASIS Board of Directors and Technical Advisory Board are chosen by democratic election to serve two-year terms. Consortium leadership is based on individual merit and is not tied to financial contribution, corporate standing, or special appointment.
Standards Relevant to Workflow
WS-BPEL - Also known as Business Process Execution Language ( BPEL ) is a standard originally proposed by Microsoft and IBM as a standard way to compose web service orchestrations - that is combinations of multiple web services into a single web service.
ASAP - The Asynchronous Service Access Protocol ( ASAP ) is a standard interface to a service that takes a long time to complete.