OASIS, the XML business standards
consortium, has increased its support for European members by opening an
office in the Netherlands.
The new office will be headed by Pim van der Eijk, formerly of Excelon. Van
der Eijk noted the existing strong European participation in OASIS: "OASIS
sponsorship includes many of Europe's largest technology companies, such as
EADS, Deutsche Post SAP and Software AG, European innovators such as empolis,
Itedo, Republica and StreamServe, as well as Europe-based staff of
international companies such as IBM, Microsoft and Sun Microsystems."
This is a signficant move for the consortium as they seek to consolidate
their role as a provider of infrastructure for organizations wishing to build
open information standards.