Welcome to Ecma International

Welcome

Ecma International is an industry association founded in 1961, dedicated to the standardization of information and communication systems.

Since 1961 and continuing in full force today, Ecma International facilitates the timely creation of a wide range of global Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and Consumer Electronics (CE) standards, for:

Programming Languages;
ECMAScript;
Business Communications;
Near Field Communications;
High Rate Wireless Communications;
Product Safety;
Environmental Design Considerations;
Acoustics and Electromagnetic Compatibilty (EMC);
Optical Storage;
Volume and File structure;
Universal 3D open file format;
Holographic Information Storage Systems (HISS);
Office Open XML Formats;
Open XML Paper Specification (OpenXPS).

Ecma has been involved in the development of the concept of "fast tracking" in ISO/IEC JTC 1 and - since its introduction in 1986 - it has been one of the main practitioners of it.

Ecma is driven by industry to meet the needs of industry, generating a healthy competitive landscape based on differentiation of products and services, rather than technology models, generating confidence among vendors and users of new technology.