ACORD is a global, nonprofit insurance association whose mission is to facilitate the development and use of standards for the insurance, reinsurance and related financial services industries.

CLIEDIS coordinates Canadian interests in the development of public data standards. CLIEDIS partners with ACORD (Association for Cooperative Operations Research and Development) in support of ACORD's XML for Life standards in Canada. CLIEDIS supports the use of XML for Life data standard and will assure that any future development support the requirements of its Canadian users.

NAVA's mission is to promote the growth, acceptance and understanding of annuity and variable life products to retirement-focused Americans; to provide educational and informational resources to our members and the public; to protect consumers by encouraging adherence to the highest ethical standards by insurers, distributors and all other participants in our diverse industry; and to protect and advance the interests of our members.

OMG is an international, open membership, not-for-profit computer industry consortium.  OMG's modeling standards including the Unified Modeling Language (UML) and Model Driven Architecture (MDA) enable powerful visual design, execution and maintenance of software and other processes including data modeling, systems modeling and business process management.