A listing of standards developed by the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Systems (OASIS) that are and are not included in the FEA TRM is provided here.
XML-related standards can also be discovered by querying the American National Standards Institute's (ANSI) advanced search feature.
Ken Sall's Big Picture, compiled in 2003,
provides a graphical depiction linking to more than 80 XML specifications, with a color-coded
scheme indicating their levels of maturity.
The Cover Pages are an extensive source of news and
other information on XML standards, products and services.
Metadata Registry Specifications
The power of XML can be realized only if communities of interest are using the same
vocabularies. Such XML vocabularies can be shared via a
registry/repository containing the appropriate
elements of metadata to facilitate discovery, retrieval, and usage.
There are a number of relevant metadata specifications, some emerging and some well-established.
The ISO/IEC 11179 family of specifications is one such well-established standard. Information
on it and related standards can be found on INCITS' Metadata Standards Technical Committee
site.
Information on the XML metadata registry specification developed by the
Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards
(OASIS) is available on its
ebXML Registry Technical
Committee site.
The Data.gov site provides an advanced search capability enabling the discovery of XML datasets that have been registered on the site.
Accessibility Guidelines
Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act requires Federal agencies to make their electronic and information technology
accessible to people with disabilities. Tools and resources to assist agencies with compliance are available on the Section508.gov site.
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