plementable end-to-end standard: This deliverable handles end-to-end solutions and hence can comprise of ATIS Standard(s) in combination with deliverables from other forums and committees external to ATIS. The ATIS standard documents are named in a specific format. If the number is ATIS-GGNNNNN.YY.XXXX, then GG corresponds to the two digit functional group number, NNNNN is the five digit number for standard document, YY is the supplement or series number and XXXX is the year or it represents a specific release. For example ATIS-0900105.01.2006 would mean a standard with number 00105 and series 01 for group optical (09) and approved in year 2006. Only corporate and not individuals can become a member of ATIS. An unlim- ited number of employees from a corporate member company can participate in activities of ATIS. Membership is not free and nonmembers need to pay for downloading some of the standard documents. ATIS conducts different kinds of events to promote work and visibility of standards. Some of the events include conference to discuss cutting edge technologies, expo to showcase standards and solutions and webinars (web-based seminars) to promote work or interest on a topic. ATIS is also a member of the Global Standards Collaboration (GSC), which facilitates collaboration work between standards organizations that are part of GSC. Web site: www.atis.org 7.9 OASIS (Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards) The OASIS was founded in 1993 and was initially called SGML as it was dedi- cated to developing guidelines for interoperability among products that support the standard generalized markup language (SGML). The name was later changed from SGML to OASIS to reflect a broader scope of technical work with exten- sible markup language (XML) and other related standards. The work of OASIS is directed toward development and adoption of open standards. The standards of OASIS mostly add value in enterprise management rather than telecom management. This is because the consortium produces stand