med by members of OASIS to work on a specific area and to develop standards. There are different levels of participation when joining an OASIS group. The participation can be as an observer, member, or voting member. Observer requires only minimum participation while a voting member needs to be always active. All committees are not oriented toward develop- ing standards. For example the OASIS Standards Adoption Committees provide forums to unite specific industries (users/groups), governments, vendors, and other standards bodies to evaluate, identify gaps and overlaps, publish and promote exist- ing standards and requirements. OASIS also organizes events including demos and conferences to promote work and studies on existing and future standards. Web site: www.oasis-open.org 7.10 OMA (Open Mobile Alliance) As the name signifies, OMA is a standardizing body formed by alliance of a set of organizations to extend the scope of work and avoid duplication of work among organizations that were combined to form the alliance. OMA is a consolidation of the following bodies: Open Mobile Architecture initiative, WAP Forum, SyncML initiative, Location Interoperability Forum (LIF), MMS Interoperability Group (MMS-IOP), Wireless Village, Mobile Gaming Interoperability Forum (MGIF), and Mobile Wireless Internet Forum (MWIF). Open Mobile Alliance is intended for developing mobile application standards that enables interoperable services across countries, operators, and mobile terminals. OMA is not directly linked with network or element management, but it does have standards on mobile device management and some levels of service management. OMA works with other standardizing bodies like 3GPP and 3GPP2 to improve interoperability and decrease operational costs for all involved. Web site: www.openmobilealliance.org 7.11 SNIA (Storage Networking Industry Association) Storage network management is also an important area in converged space along with enterprise and telecom network management. SNIA develops and promotes standards on st