- Value [1] Member & Market Driven
- The OASIS technical agenda is set by its members, who are free to start, and advance efforts to meet the needs of the marketplace;
this is in contrast to organizations where direction is centrally managed.
- Value [2] Responsiveness
- OASIS governance is responsive to the members. The Board (apart from the OASIS President) are elected by the members, allowing
the members to indicate the direction they would like to see OASIS go through a yearly election. Likewise, OASIS Committee
chairs are elected by Committee members through an open, democratic process. This differs from organizations where Board and
working group leadership are tied to financial contribution, corporate standing, or staff appointment.
- Value [3] Convergence
- OASIS encourages but does not mandate convergence, instead it values creativity and consensus over conformity and control,
offering the marketplace the opportunity to evaluate overlapping efforts and determine the viability of any given approach.
This is in contrast to assigning a single working group to address a standardization topic.
- Value [4] Balance
- OASIS draws on a balanced membership base that spans industries and geographies, where researchers and practitioners, vendors
and users, government agencies and academic institutions, individuals and multi-national corporations all come together; many
other standards bodies only represent the interests of homogeneous communities.
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