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OASIS Open

OASIS Open is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand OASIS Open rather than just read about it. In short: The Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS; ), also known as OASIS Open, is an industry consortium that develops technical standards for information technology. History OASIS was founded under the name "SGML Open" in 1993.

Key takeaways

OASIS Open belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect OASIS Open to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of OASIS Open from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

The Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS; ), also known as OASIS Open, is an industry consortium that develops technical standards for information technology.

History

OASIS was founded under the name "SGML Open" in 1993. It began as a trade association of Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML) tool vendors to cooperatively promote the adoption of SGML through mainly educational activities, though some amount of technical activity was also pursued including an update of the CALS Table Model specification and specifications for fragment interchange and entity management. In 1998, with the movement of the industry to XML, SGML Open changed its emphasis from SGML to XML, and changed its name to OASIS Open to be inclusive of XML and reflect an expanded scope of technical work and standards. The focus of the consortium's activities also moved from promoting adoption (as XML was getting much attention on its own) to developing technical specifications. In July 2000 a new technical committee process was approved. With the adoption of the process the manner in which technical committees were created, operated, and progressed their work was regularized. At the adoption of the process there were five technical committees; by 2004 there were nearly 70. During 1999, OASIS was approached by UN/CEFACT, the committee of the United Nations dealing with standards for business, to jointly develop a new set of specifications for electronic business. The joint initiative, called "ebXML" and which first met in November 1999, was chartered for a three-year period. At the final meeting under the original charter, in Vienna, UN/CEFACT and OASIS agreed to divide the remaining work between the two organizations and to coordinate the completion of the work through a coordinating committee. In 2004 OASIS submitted its completed ebXML specifications to ISO TC154 where they were approved as ISO 15000. In 2005, Lawrence Lessig and Richard Stallman called for a boycott of OASIS specifications to protest the new patent policy. The consortium has its headquarters in Woburn, Massachusetts, shared with other companies. In December 2020, OASIS moved to its current location, 400 TradeCenter Drive. Previous office locations include 25 Corporate Drive Suite 103 and 35 Corporate Drive, Suite 150, both in Burlington, MA.

Standards development The following standards are under development or maintained by OASIS technical committees:

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Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with OASIS Open

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what OASIS Open claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to OASIS Open before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about OASIS Open ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of OASIS Open

In research: OASIS Open appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses OASIS Open in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: OASIS Open is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Internet of things, Standards organizations in the United States, Web services, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for OASIS Open outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study OASIS Open in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what OASIS Open means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain OASIS Open out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is OASIS Open in simple terms?

The Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS; ), also known as OASIS Open, is an industry consortium that develops technical standards for information technology. History OASIS was founded under the name "SGML Open" in 1993.

Why does OASIS Open matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study OASIS Open?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on OASIS Open.