Standards Body

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)

kwalz — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 23:43:00 -0800

International Hydrographic Organization (IHO)

kwalz — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 23:42:00 -0800

The International Hydrographic Organization is an intergovernmental organization established in 1921 to promote the safety of marine navigation and the protection of the marine environment. Currently IHO has 74 maritime nations participating as members.

Their objectives (listed on the IHO web site) are to bring about:

International Organization for Standardization (ISO)

kwalz — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 23:53:00 -0800

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is an international standard-setting body composed of representatives from 157 national standards organizations from around the world. Founded in 1947, this non-governmental organization publishes world-wide industrial and commercial standards and is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.

Many ISO standards are represented on the MMI site, including:

Marine XML

kwalz — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 17:40:00 -0800

The Marine XML (eXstensible Markup Language) structure has been developed to encapsulate marine data. It provides an efficient means to store, transfer and display marine data.

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

kwalz — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 16:26:00 -0800

U.S. Commerce Department’s NIST mission is to promote U.S. innovation and industrial competitiveness by advancing measurement science, standards, and technology in ways that enhance economic security and improve our quality of life. They provide calibrations, standard reference materials, access to NIST standard databases, and weights and measures standards.

Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. (OGC)

kwalz — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 23:54:00 -0800

The Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. (OGC) is a "non-profit, international, voluntary consensus standards organization that is leading the development of standards for geospatial and location based services". There are 350 academic, private, and government agencies participating in the standards body.

ThermoML - Thermodynamics Markup Language

kwalz — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 17:40:00 -0800

Frenkel et al., XML-BASED IUPAC STANDARD FOR EXPERIMENTAL, PREDICTED, AND CRITICALLY EVALUATED THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTY DATA STORAGE AND CAPTURE (ThermoML). Pure Appl. Chem., Vol. 78, No. 3, pp. 541–612, 2006. (© IUPAC 2006).

World Meteorological Organization (WMO)

kwalz — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 08:38:00 -0800

World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)

kwalz — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 23:53:00 -0800

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is an international consortium where over 400 Member organizations work towards developing Web standards. Their mission is: "To lead the World Wide Web to its full potential by developing protocols and guidelines that ensure long-term growth for the Web."