As of June 2021

CalConnect establishes and maintains relationships with external standards organizations and other organizations as appropriate to further its purposes. Such relationships may take the form of formal liaisons, informal partnerships, or reciprocal membership agreements, at the discretion of the Board of Directors and considering suitability for the external partner.

Ronald Tse of Ribose is Director of External Relations and Vice President of CalConnect.

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Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)

Website: IETF

Ongoing working relationship with:

IETF CALEXT WG

Calendar Extensions Working Group

IETF TZDIST-bis WG

Discussions of Extensions to The Time Zone Data Distribution Service and Time Zone Information Forma Working Group

International Organization for Standardization (ISO)

Website: ISO

Liaison organization with ISO Committees:

ISO Committee Name Type of Liaison Work Involved

Consumer Privacy by Design

Category A Liaison

Language and Terminology

Category A Liaison

Language Resource Management

Category A Liaison

Translation, interpreting and related technology

Category A Liaison

Information and documentation

Category A Liaison

Technical Interoperability

Category A Liaison

Identification and description

Category A Liaison

Processes, data elements and documents in commerce, industry and administration

Category A Liaison

Geographic Information / Geomatics

Category A Liaison

Information security, cybersecurity and privacy protection

Category A Liaison

International Telecommunications Union (ITU)

Website: ITU

ITU is the United Nations specialized agency for information and communication technologies.

CalConnect has an External Cooperation Agreement with ITU-T, the standardization arm of ITU.

Messaging Malware Mobile Anti-Abuse Working Group (M3AAWG)

Website: M3AAWG

Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Systems (OASIS)

Website: OASIS

  • Reciprocal Membership

  • Ongoing involvement with OASIS WS-CALENDAR Working Group

  • Development of OASIS WS-Calendar Specification