About the Open Applications Group

The Open Applications Group is a not-for-profit standards development organization.

Founded in 1994, we are focused on building enterprise ready process-based data exchange standards for both B2B and A2A integration. We are the only truly cross industry business network integration standard.

Our Management Principles

1. Openness and transparency
2. Staff serve the membership
3. Document all business processes
4. Pursue best practices whenever possible
5. In all operational activities, to be "So clean that we squeak"

Our Engagement Management Principles

1. Engage collaboratively with industries and other standards groups
2. Work towards convergence of standards
3. Work towards collaboration when convergence is not possible

Our Standards and Technology Principles

1. Continue to evolve OAGIS to support targeted industries worldwide
2. Continue to add documentation and infrastructure to support OAGIS implementations
3. Do not build competing standards in the long term
4. Lead members and constituency to improve the standards technically and operationally
5. Support development of UN/CEFACT Standards
6. Incorporate UN/CEFACT methodologies technologies into OAGIS as it makes sense

This page has links to our governance documents. We welcome you to read them and ask us questions. Thank you.

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OAGi Bylaws

OAGi Development Process

OAGi IP Policy

OAGi Anti-Trust Policy