OASIS Open Projects provides collaborative communities with the foundation-level support services they need to succeed.
There are two levels of Core Services:
- Basic includes all the essentials for operating a successful Open Project.
- Plus provides more extensive support for larger Open Projects.
If needed, Projects may secure Supplemental Services based on their specific goals and sponsorship.
See our Services FAQ for details.
| CORE SERVICES | Basic | Plus | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standardization and legal administration | |||
| Contributor License Agreement administration | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| IP and licensing guidance from OASIS General Counsel | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| Free public access to deliverables in perpetuity | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| OASIS standards process submission management | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| Submission of approved deliverables to ISO, IEC, ITU via OASIS liaison | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| Community, governance, project management support | |||
| Assistance with writing charters, Code of Conduct, other policies | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| Onboarding assistance to start project | 30 days | 90 days | |
| Providing operational mechanics (e.g. running official ballots, publishing documents, answering how-to questions) |
✔️ | Priority | |
| Advising/counseling on managing project culture & politics (e.g. best practices advice, review of draft project procedures) | ✔️ | Priority | |
| Assisting project leadership with attracting, building, and sustaining healthy developer community | ✔️ | Priority | |
| Periodic evaluation review between project chair(s) and OASIS staff | Quarterly | ||
| Staff facilitation for Project Governing Board and Technical Steering Committee meetings | ✔️ | ||
| Collaboration tools | |||
| Dedicated GitHub organization, permissions management, issues tracking | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| Mailing list and group management platform with calendar, roster, balloting | PGB and TSC only | Up to 10 Groups | |
| Asynchronous chat (e.g. basic Slack) | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| Online meetings account (e.g. Zoom Pro) | ✔️ | ||
| Communication and outreach | |||
| Outreach campaigns to potential sponsors and participants | At launch | Ongoing | |
| Website set-up and hosting (content provided by community) | Single page | Full site | |
| Website analytics reporting | ✔️ | ||
| Dedicated blog site | ✔️ | ||
| Social media adminstration (content provided by community) | Account set-up | Ongoing coordination with members | |
| Press release editing and distribution (with approval from Project Governing Board) | Issued for: - Launch - Standards approval - New Premier Sponsors |
Up to 6 per year | |
| Facilitation support for project's marketing teams (leadership and content creation provided by community) | ✔️ | ||
| Coordination of briefings with analysts, editors, and influencers | Up to 6 per year | ||
| Independent branding | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| Logo design | ✔️ | ||
| Online shop with branded merchandise (t-shirts, laptop stickers, etc.) | ✔️ | ||
| Events | |||
| Promotion of event participation and speaking engagements at industry conferences | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| Assistance with securing speaking opportunities at industry conferences | Up to 2 per year | Up to 4 per year | |
| Logistical and planning support for virtual events (webinars, workshops, plugfests, hackathons, interops, etc.) | Up to 2 per year | Up to 4 per year | |
| Logistics and planning support for in-person events | Up to 1-2 per year | ||
| Coordination of video content management for project's YouTube Channel | ✔️ | ||
| Inclusion of project videos on OASIS YouTube Channel | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| Financial administration | |||
| PGB-managed budget for Supplemental Services, funded by dues allocations from Premier Sponsors and donations | ✔️ | ||
| Administration of grants program (if any) | ✔️ | ||
| Fiduciary responsibility and oversight per nonprofit laws | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| Accounts receivable and payable administration | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| All tax, financial audit, compliance and corporate filing | ✔️ | ✔️ | |
| SUPPLEMENTAL SERVICES | |||
| Some projects also require Supplemental Services specific to their needs, which may be funded by donations, grants, or higher sponsorship fees. These services include: - Dedicated full- or part-time staff for project management, content production, spec editing, etc. - Developer incentive programs, e.g. bug bounties, travel, training - Code auditing - Hosting of major events - Documentation writing - Special collaboration tools (e.g., Slack Business+ version) - Public relations consultant with domain expertise - Enhanced marketing or community support |