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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.

Latest News

Last results of the 102^nd General Assembly held in San Francisco, December 6, 2011

Ecma International mourns the loss of Mike Smith

ISO Focus+: 50 years of ICT collaboration

2nd International Workshop on Standards and Technologies
 in Multimedia Archives and Records (STAR)

Change of guards in the management of Ecma TC26 - Acoustics

ANSI congratulates Ecma International on its 50^th Anniversary

Ecma publishes new Standard on Close Proximity Electric Induction Wireless Communications

Ecma International celebrates its 50^th anniversary

ISO/IEC and Ecma International ratify “ES5.1”, the latest ECMAScript specification of Ecma International

Last results of the 101^st General Assembly held in Divonne, June 29, 2011

Ecma publishes new Standard on Test Method for the Estimation of Lifetime of Optical Media for Long-term Data Storage

New Ecma Technical Report surveys Personal Network architecture and standardisation needs

Ecma International has published its annual yearbook Ecma Memento 2011

Last results of the 100^th General Assembly held in Montreux, December 8, 2010

Last results of the 99^th General Assembly held in Tokyo, June 17, 2010

EPFL and Ecma International organized a successful International Workshop on Standards and Technologies in Multimedia Archives and Records (STAR)

Ecma publishes ProxZzzy Standard for network connected sleep

The agenda of the 1^st International Workshop on Standards and Technologies in Multimedia Archives and Records (STAR) is available here

Ecma International has published its annual yearbook Ecma Memento 2010

Standard ECMA-393
"ProxZzzy for sleeping hosts" was approved in February 2010 by letter ballot

1^st International Workshop on Standards and Technologies
 in Multimedia Archives and Records (STAR)
26^th - 27^th April 2010, EPFL Lausanne, Switzerland

Ecma International approves new Patent Policy Document (“Code of Conduct in Patent Matters”)

Ecma International approves major revision of ECMAScript

Last results of the 98^th General Assembly held in Mountain View, December 3, 2009

Ecma TC46 has delivered the OpenXPS Standard

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