Communities with clear technical deliverables, including specifications, are termed Technical Working Groups or Project Communities. Once a specification has been finalized by the technical community, it is passed to an Industry Committee or Community of Practice, to support the implementation and adoption phase. The following are the current IDEAlliance chartered Technical Working Groups developing XML-based specifications:

Information and Content Exchange (ICE) |
The ICE protocol, developed by the ICE Working Group, reduces the cost of doing business online and increases the value of business relationships. ICE facilitates the controlled exchange and management of electronic assets between networked partners and affiliates. Applications based on ICE allow companies to easily construct syndicated publishing networks, Web superstores, and online reseller channels by establishing Web site-to-Web site information networks.

Publishing Requirements for Industry Standard Metadata (PRISM) |
PRISM, developed by the PRISM Working Group, is a set of metadata vocabularies that assist in the automation of publishing production processes and content exchange.

papiNet |
papiNet, developed by the papiNet Working Group, is the global initiative to develop, maintain and promote the implementation of standard electronic transaction standards to facilitate the flow of information amongst the parties engaged in the buying, selling, and distribution of forest, paper and wood products.

XML Book Industry Transaction Standards (XBITS) |
The XBITS Working Group is designing standard XML (Extensible Markup Language) transactions to facilitate bi-directional electronic data exchanges between publishers, printers, paper mills, and component vendors.

Digital Image Submission Criteria (DISC) |
Description to be added.

Specifications for Publisher & Agency Communication Exchange (SPACE) |
SPACE/XML was created as electronic business transactions for: Space reservation, Insertion Order, Creative Material, Job Ticket, & Invoice.

General Requirements for Applications in Commercial Offset Lithography (GRACoL) |
The GRACol Working Group mission is to improve communications and education in the graphic arts by maintaining the accuracy and the relevance of the GRACoL document in reporting the influence and impact of new technologies on commercial offset lithography.

Address Data Interchange Specification (ADIS) |
The ADIS Working Group aims to define a uniform specification for the interchange of address data both domestically and internationally.

Mail.dat™ |
Mail.dat™, developed by the Mail.dat Working Group, is the standard embraced by a significant portion of the mail production industry and the US Postal Service. Mail.dat is a relational database of nineteen "connected" files describing each characteristic that can exist within a mailing. As such, the standard has contributed to important gains in efficiency, economy, and strategy enhancement.

Shipment 'n Logistics Specification (site coming soon) |
Description to be added.

For information on how to form a Working Group under IDEAlliance, please review the following procedures:

Working Group Intellectual Property Policy |

Working Group Basic Charter |

Working Group Operating Procedures |

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