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NISO fosters the development and maintenance of standards that facilitate the creation, persistent management, and effective interchange of information so that it can be trusted for use in research and learning. To fulfill this mission, NISO engages libraries, publishers, information aggregators, and other organizations that support learning, research, and scholarship through the creation, organization, management, and curation of knowledge. NISO works with intersecting communities of interest and across the entire lifecycle of an information standard. NISO is a not-for-profit association accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI).

OISTAT is a global network for theatre practitioners celebrating design, technology and architecture in live performances, which was founded in Prague in 1968. It stands for “Organisation Internationale des Scénographes, Techniciens et Architectes de Théâtre” in French, and “International Organisation of Scenographers, Theatre Architects and Technicians” in English. The missions of OISTAT are: ▪︎ To stimulate the exchange of ideas and innovations, and to promote international collaboration in professions which support live performance; ▪︎ To serve the art form of performance, and the people who design and create live performance; ▪︎ To promote the formation of OISTAT Centres, and the participation of individuals, alliances, and institutions in all regions of the world to achieve these aims; ▪︎ To encourage life-long learning among live performance practitioners; ▪︎ To respect the integrity of all cultures and celebrate the diversity as well as the similarities of those who work in support of live performance The Headquarters has moved twice since its foundation; it was in Prague from 1968-1993, in the Netherlands from 1993-2005, and since 2006 it is in Taipei, Taiwan.

MIMOSA is a not-for-profit trade association dedicated to developing and encouraging the adoption of open information standards for Operations and Maintenance in manufacturing, fleet, and facility environments. MIMOSA's open standards enable collaborative asset lifecycle management in both commercial and military applications.