OPEN STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY FOR A MODERN WORLD
OSTERA, The Open Standards and Technology Engineering and Research Association is a modern, global, nonprofit, member-driven standards organization that is designed for speed, agility, and impact. We are reimagining how international standards are built: faster, fairer, and open to all.
Why OSTERA?
The world has changed and the standards development process must as well.
Traditional standards bodies have built massive foundations, but they have also become slow, expensive, and rigid.
Today, technology evolves faster than most of those legacy organizations can adapt.
A New Beginning
OSTERA was created to change that, to make standards development faster, more inclusive, and better aligned with how modern industry actually works.
We are a global nonprofit standards association built for today’s world: agile, inclusive, and member-driven. Our mission is to empower organizations and innovators to bring their ideas, collaborate openly, and build the technologies and standards that will define the future.
Our Four Pillars
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Speed
Removing obstacles in process and tooling enables everything to go faster.
With streamlined processes, modern collaboration tools, and agile working methods organizations can see results in months, not years.
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IPR
Creating a friendlier IPR model enables organizations to join and contribute while retaining ownership of their work including copyrights, trademarks, and patents.
This simple change enables innovation and collaboration without restrictions.
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Costs
With radically reduced costs, membership is accessible to organizations of all sizes, not just the few who can afford to pay to play.
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Agility
Being agile and adapting quickly enables OSTERA to evolve as technologies and the industry evolve. This ensures relevance, responsiveness, and results.
How is OSTERA Different?
OSTERA takes the best of the world’s standards bodies, and leaves the rest behind.
SPEED
COST
IPR
GOVERNANCE
TECHNOLOGY FIT
PUBLISHED DOCS
Traditional SDOs
Multi-year approval cycles
Expensive, complex fees
Restrictive ownership
Bureaucratic, opaque, slow to evolve
Old, cumbersome, painful
Often behind paywalls and authenticated portals
OSTERA
Agile outcome-driven timelines
Simple, transparent, affordable
Contributors retain their rights
Member-driven, transparent, adaptive
Designed for modern innovation
Free forever and hosted on Github
OSTERA is a global community
by members for members.
Every member has a voice.
Whether you are defining the next global standard
or contributing research or working on a project,
your input shapes outcomes that matter.
Join the Movement
OSTERA is redefining what it means to create international standards. A model that is by members, for members all for the public good.
Are you interested in being part of the next generation of standardization, one that works at the speed of innovation? Then bring your ideas, your technology, and your expertise and build the future with us.
Whether you’re a global enterprise, a startup, or an independent expert, there is a place for you here.
“Standards are written by those who show up.”
– Paul Najarian
“Standards are written by those in the room at the time.”
– Duncan Sparrell