| # | Initiator | Link |
| 1 | Bruce Perens | http://perens.com/OpenStandards/Definition.html |
| 2 | World Wide Web Consortium | http://www.w3.org/Consortium/ |
| 3 | Transition Guide, München | http://www.kbst.bund.de/doc,-304105/Federal-Government-Co-ordinati.htm#Migrationsleitfaden |
| 4 | EU | http://europa.eu.int/idabc/en/document/3439 |
| 5 | OpenOffice, David A. Wheeler | http://www.dwheeler.com/essays/why-opendocument-won.html |