VITA Standards Organization

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Accredited as an American National Standards developer and a submitter of Industry Technical Agreements to the IEC, the VITA Standards Organization provides its members with the ability to develop and to promote open technology standards. Standards development takes place in working groups and study groups. The VSO has created more than 30 standards in the past 10 years that promote open technology systems. Within the VSO no one individual holds the power to decide what technology may become a standard — that power belongs solely to the membership.

VSO Meetings

The VSO meets every two months to discuss, plan, and develop standards to support its members' interests. Observers are welcome. A meeting registration fee of $90.00 is charged for all attendees.

Details of Next Meeting

July 23-24, 2008
Albuquerque, NM
For room arrangements:
Albuquerque Marriott
(800) 334-2086 or 505-881-6800
Group rate: $139 USD plus taxes (request code: VITA)
Cutoff date: July 7th

Future Meetings – 2008

September 17-18, Scottsdale, AZ
November 19-20, Scottsdale, AZ

Minutes of each VSO meeting are available to VITA members. See the "VSO Meeting Minutes" link in the "Members" area.

Working Groups

Access to individual working group pages requires a VITA member login. The following working groups are active:

VITA 17.2, 10Gbit Serial FPDP
VITA 34, A New Framework
VITA 41, VXS
VITA 42, XMC
VITA 46, VPX
VITA 47r1, revisions to ANSI/VITA 47, Environmental, Design and Construction, Safety, and Quality for Plug-In Units
VITA 48, REDI
VITA 49, Digital IF, also see Digital IF Website
VITA 50, Cooling
VITA 51, Reliability Prediction
VITA 52, Lead Free
VITA 53, VME Market Surveillance
VITA 54, ePMA
VITA 55, Virtual Streaming Protocol
VITA 56, EMC
VITA 57, FPGA IO Mezzanine Standard
VITA 58, Electronics Integration
VITA 59, RSE

Accreditations

The VSO Policies and Procedures (VSO PP) PDF file describe the general operating policies and rules for the VSO, with the goal of serving both VITA members and VMEbus technology users.

The VSO was accredited as an American National Standards developer in June 1993, and follows a process described in "Procedures for the Development of American National Standards within the VSO" PDF file .

The Industry Technical Agreement (ITA) is an IEC program that allows industry groups to develop specifications and receive recognition from the IEC. The VSO received recognition as an ITA submitter in May of 2001. See the IEC website for more information.