LI Standards Activities

Standards activities relevant to LI products and services fall into three types:

	those having a nexus to legal mandates (Sec. 1, below)
	those used within the industry for LI interfaces and protocols, including individual vendor specifications (Sec. 1, below)
	those relevant to LI functions (Sec. 2, below)

1. Standards Bodies with Active LI Standards Activities

Sector	Name	Working Groups
telecom	European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI)
		LI - LI Portal
		SA WG3-LI (S3-LI)
		AT-Digital_LI
		TISPAN
		SES
		UCI
telecom	Cable Labs
		PacketCable LAESS
Internet	Cisco
		LI
telecom	Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions (ATIS)
		T1S1
		T1P1
		T1M1
telecom	Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA)	General
		TR45.6
		TR45.LAES

2. Standards Bodies Relevant to LI Implementation

Sector	Name	Short Form
data exchange	Accredited Standards Committee (ASC) X12
identifiers	Aim, Inc.
library	American Library Association
diverse	American National Standards Institute	ANSI
diverse	American Society for Information Science and Technology	ASIS
financial	ANSI X9
telecom	Asia-Pacific Telecommunity Standardization Program	ASTAP
imaging	Association for Information and Image Management International	AIIM
wireless	Bluetooth Consortium
internet	Cross Industry Working Team	XIWT
applications	Data Interchange Standards Association	DISA
library	Digital Library Federation	DLF
broadcasting	Digital Video Broadcasting Consortium	DVB
directory	Directory Services Markup Language Initiative Group	DSML
management	Distributed Management Task Force	DMTF
applications	DOI Foundation
applications	ebXML
financial	Electronic Payments Forum	EPF
data exchange	Electronics Industry Data Exchange Association	EIDX
telecom	Enterprise Computer Telephony Forum	ECTF
telecom	ENUM Forum
diverse	European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization	CENELEC
diverse	European Committee for Standardization	CEN
telecom	European Computer Manufacturers Association	ECMA
classification	European Forum for Implementers of Library Automation	EFILA
location	European Umbrella Organisation for Geographic Information	EUROGI
network	FidoNet Technical Standards Committee	FSTC
financial	Financial Information eXchange (FIX) protocol
financial	Financial products Markup Language Group
financial	Financial services industry
financial	Financial Services Technology Consortium	FSTC
applications	Forum for metadata schema implementers
telecom	Global Standards Collaboration	GSC
classification	Group on Electronic Document Interchange	GEDI
telecom	GSM Association
reference	ICTSB	ICTSB
diverse	IEEE Standards Association
applications	IMAP Consortium
identifiers	Information and Communications Technologies Board	ICTSB
financial	Interactive Financial eXchange (IFX) Forum
classification	International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers	CISAC
metadata	International Digital Enterprise Alliance	IDEA
applications	International Federation for Information Processing	IFIP
classification	International Federation of Library Associations	IFLA
imaging	International Imaging Industry Association
telecom	International Multimedia Telecommunications Forum	IMTC
diverse	International Organization for Standardization	ISO
telecom	International Telecommunication Union	ITU
telecom	International Telecommunications Advisory Committee	ITAC
broadcasting	International Webcasting Association	IWA
internet	Internet Architecture Board	IAB
internet	Internet Engineering Task Force	IETF
applications	Internet Mail Consortium	IMC
telecom	IPDR Organization, Inc	IPDR
location	ISO/TC211
telecom	Java APIs for Integrated Networks	JAIN
applications	Java Community
classification	Library of Congress
applications	Localisation Industry Standard Association	LISA
wireless	Mobile Games Interoperability Forum	MGIF
financial	Mobile Payment Forum
wireless	Mobile Wireless Internet Forum	MWIF
telecom	Multiservice Switch Forum	MSF
security	National Committee for Information Technology Standards	NCITS
telecom	National Communications System	NCS
telecom	National Emergency Number Association	NENA
security	National Information Assurance Partnership	NIAP