OASIS (Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards) is a non-profit organization that develops open standards for Internet and Information Technology specifically in the area of Web and Applications.
OASIS was founded under the name “SGML Open” in 1993. It began by developing and supporting projects for SGML. Later with the movement of Internet towards XML during 1998, SGML Open focus moved to XML and changed it’s name to OASIS Open.