Promoted and developed retail standards The Association for Retail Technology Standards (ARTS) was an international standards organization dedicated to reducing the costs of technology through standards. Since 1993, ARTS had...
...an ICT collaborative (Europe) The ICT Standards Board (ICTSB) was a collaboration between European standards organizations formed to co-ordinate specification activities in the field of Information and Communications Technologies (ICT)....
Seeks to develop and improve the interface between research and standards by European Standards Organizations (Europe) The COoperation Platform for Research and Standards (COPRAS) seeks to improve the interface between...
Promoted and supported the VPN vendor community by acting as its trade association and promoting vendor products *Inactive as of 2015 The Virtual Private Network Consortium (VPNC) supported the VPN...
Promoted the flow of product throughout the retail supply chain *Merged with GS1 US in 2012 to form the GS1 US Apparel and General Merchandise Initiative The Voluntary Interindustry Commerce...
Promoted the use of the Linux platform for consumer electronics *Merged with the Linux Foundation in 2010 The Consumer Electronics Linux Forum (CELF) promoted the advancement of Linux as an...
Developed and promoted the Local Interconnect Network (LIN) Specification, a serial communication system for distributed electronic systems in vehicles *Inactive The Local Interconnect Network Consortium (LIN) developed the LIN Specification,...
Develops consensus-based recommendations regarding communications, navigation, surveillance and air traffic management system issues, and functions as a Federal Advisory Committee to the Federal Aviation Administration (U.S.). The Radio Technical Commission...
Maintains and promotes the DAISY Standard for Digital Talking Books The DAISY Consortium develops and promotes international standards and technologies which enable equal access to information and knowledge by all...
...the taxonomic user community, including governmental and intergovernmental agencies; conservation organizations and other NGOs; private sector companies; and other organizations that use taxonomic information in pursuit of their applied missions....