Welcome

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 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;
• Open XML Paper Specification (OpenXPS).

Ecma has been involved in the development of the concept of "fast tracking" in ISO/IEC JTC 1 and - since its introduction in 1986 - it has been one of the main practitioners of it.

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.

Latest News

Ecma TC46 has delivered the OpenXPS Standard

Last results of the 97^th General Assembly held in Budapest, June 16, 2009

TC46 releases final draft of XML Paper Specification 1.6.

Ecma International finalises major revision of ECMAScript

Release of the final draft ECMA-262 5^th edition (ECMAScript Language Specification)

Ecma International starts TV White Spaces Standard

Ecma historical archive has been completed on the Ecma website

Ecma publishes ECMA-376 Edition 2

Ecma publishes 60 GHz Standard

Last results of the 96^th General Assembly held in Nice, December 4, 2008

Ecma demonstrates multi-gigabit radio

Ecma historical archive has been published on the Ecma website

WiMedia Alliance and Ecma International formalize joint development relationship

Ecma Technical Committee 39 coalesces on future direction of Web Programming Language
(the white paper is available here)

Release of working draft XML Paper Specification 1.2 and availability of a feedback channel

What is Ecma International?
Structure, Members, How to participate