Communities of Practice are communities interested in advancing a body of knowledge through collaboration. IDEAlliance Industry Committees are Communities of Practice that interact to define common problems, develop best practices through benchmarking, conformance suites, implementation guidelines, and interoperability demonstrations, and provide industry education.

B2B Paper Committee |
The B2B Paper Committee is charged with the mission of developing standard guidelines for electronic information sharing between organizations within the publishing, papermaking and printing industries.

Paper Inventory Committee |
Provides guidance on the development and conduct of IDEAlliance’s Paper Inventory Database program that tracks paper inventory levels in the printing industry.

Print Properties Committee |
Description to be added.

Digital Ad Lab |
The Digital Ad Lab is a voluntary member digital advertising industry participation group representing ad agencies, publishers, suppliers, printers, and manufacturers formed to promote and facilitate the adoption of 100% digital ad workflow. The core mission of the group is to provide an open forum for the exchange of ideas, issues, and resolutions to enable the full adoption of digital ads.

Job Instruction File Format for Industry (JIFFI) |
JIFFI, first released by the Promotions Graphics Council (PGC) in 2/99, is the industries' attempt to standardize the exchange of informatiuon commonly refered to as instructions between clients and vendors.

Production Order Specification/EDI (PROSE/XML) |
Description to be added.

Addressing/Distribution Committee |
Exists to build greater productivity and coordination among the mail owner, list service bureau, printer/mailer and the United States Postal Service through committee and task force efforts, publications, standards development, conferences and workshops.

Canada Panel - Cooperative Initiative with the Canada Post |
A major forum for Canadian and U.S. mailers to work with Canada Post in the advancement of technologies in the mailing process.

National Magazine, Book, and Film Carriers (NMBFC) |
The NMBFC is a network of more than 20 companies who handle the delivery of printed products for publishers and printers.

Newstand Logistics Advisory Coucil (NLAC) |
Description to be added.

Printers Operational Issues Study Effort (POISE) |
The mission of POISE is to give printers an opportunity as a group to respond to and make recommendations for postal regulations to achieve greater productivity in mail preparation and processing.

TechDoc Community of Practice |
Description to be added.