Two major participants in the development of justice XML standards are the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS) and LegalXML, an OASIS Member Section.
- OASIS is a nonprofit, global consortium that drives the development, convergence and adoption of e-business standards. OASIS produces worldwide standards for security, Web services, XML conformance, business transactions, electronic publishing, topic maps and interoperability within and between marketplaces.
- LegalXML, an OASIS Member Section, brings legal and technical experts together in a forum to create standards for the exchange of legal and justice information. Members themselves set the LegalXML agenda, using an open OASIS technical process expressly designed to promote industry consensus and unite disparate efforts.
- The OASIS/LegalXML Integrated Justice Technical Committee (formerly the LegalXML Integrated Justice Working Group) plans to develop functional XML specifications for documents commonly shared and transmitted within the justice enterprise.
(Five IJTC subcommittees are presently addressing arrest warrants, arrest/incident reports, charging documents, sentencing/disposition orders, and protection orders. The OASIS Electronic Court Filing Technical Committee, meanwhile, is developing XML specs to create legal documents.)
SEARCH Members and Staff participate in OASIS and LegalXML as members and chairs of various technical committees and subcommittees.
