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 Short Range 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;
XML Paper Specification (XPS).

Ecma is the inventor and main practitioner of the concept of "fast tracking" of specifications drafted in international standards format through the process in Global Standards Bodies like the ISO. Since 1986, when fast tracking was introduced to ISO, over 75% of fast-tracked standards have been fast-tracked through Ecma.

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.