XML Org

Website URL: http://www.xml.org

XML.org is one of the most used community place for those interested and involved in XML-related standards and specifications. It is hosted by the OASIS (Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards) international standards consortium which also supports another popular website www.coverpages.com. XML.org features focus areas dedicated to specific OASIS Standards and to lateral-specialized sectors of the marketplace. Besides providing a very wide news page for the XML world, XML.org also advances the use of open standards by providing technical, educational information, collaborative workspaces, and discussion areas.

XML.org website also provides information on the OASIS XML focus areas.  The OASIS standard focus areas:

• BPEL (Business Process Execution Language) - BPEL uses Web services standards to describe business process activities as Web services, defining how they can be composed to accomplish specific tasks.
• DITA (Darwin Information Typing Architecture) – DITA builds an authoring process to allow for easy content reuse, defines an XML architecture for manipulating, managing, and publishing many kinds of information in the print media and on the Web.
• EbXML (electronic businesses using XML) – ebXML enables enterprises of any size and in any geographical location to conduct business over the Internet.
• Idtrus (tIdentity and Trusted Infrastructure Standard) – Information resource for identity and trusted infrastructure standards.
• OpenDocument (Open Document Format Oasis Standard) – the OpenDocument Format (ODF) OASIS Standard (ISO/IEC 26300). Suitable for text, spreadsheets, charts, graphs, presentations, and databases.
• SAML (Security Assertion Markup Language) – SAML provides an XML-based framework for creating and exchanging security information between online partners.
• UDDI (Universal Description Discoveryand Integration Services) – This standard defines a universal method for enterprises to dynamically discover and invoke Web services.

The website also supports an Industry Focus area where you will find support for XML usage in various industries such as defense, government, financial services, healthcare, human resources, insurance, localization printing and publishing retail security, tax/accounting and other industries.