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Exchange Schema

150 data model standards at the exchange schema layer. Every one confirmed against its steward's own site.

Standard Steward Origin Domain Access Modernity
360Giving Data Standard 360Giving United Kingdom Nonprofit open —
ABCD Schema (Access to Biological Collection Data) TDWG — Biodiversity open —
ACORD Standards ACORD — Insurance licence 37.2 Legacy
ATA Spec 2000 / iSpec 2200 (Air Transport Association) Airlines for America (A4A) — Aviation spec sold —
AnIML (Analytical Information Markup Language) ASTM International United States national body Laboratory spec sold 28.2 Legacy
B2MML MESA International International Manufacturing open 46.5 Legacy
BCF (BIM Collaboration Format) buildingSMART International International Germany Construction open 56.7 Modernizing
BrAPI (Breeding API) BrAPI Community — Agriculture — 71.4 Modernizing
CAMARA Linux Foundation / GSMA International United States Telecom open —
CASE (Competencies and Academic Standards Exchange) 1EdTech United States national body Education — 56.8 Modernizing
CCSDS Orbit Data Messages (OEM / OMM / CDM) CCSDS International Space — —
CDISC ODM-XML (Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium) CDISC International Life Sciences — 54.5 Modernizing
CML (Chemical Markup Language) CML community — Chemistry open 59.0 Modernizing
COBie (Construction Operations Building Information Exchange) buildingSMART / NIBS International Germany Construction — —
CSAF (Common Security Advisory Framework) OASIS International United States Security open —
CityJSON Open Geospatial Consortium / TU Delft International United States Built Environment open 62.9 Modernizing
ClaimReview schema.org / Duke Reporters' Lab — News — 75.0 Current
CloudEvents CNCF International United States Cross Domain open 73.0 Current
DDEX DDEX — Music — —
Da Vinci Project Implementation Guides HL7 Da Vinci Project — Healthcare licence 27.1 Closed-era
EAD (Encoded Archival Description) Society of American Archivists / LoC United States national body Archives — 57.1 Modernizing
EARL (Evaluation and Report Language) W3C International United States Accessibility open 61.7 Modernizing
ECDC TESSy European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control Europe Sweden Public Health spec sold —
EDXL (Emergency Data Exchange Language) / CAP OASIS International United States Public Safety open 69.5 Modernizing
ESRS / CSRD XBRL taxonomy EFRAG / European Commission European Union Belgium Sustainability open 55.6 Modernizing
EUDR (EU Deforestation Regulation) due diligence statements European Commission European Union Belgium Forestry open —
FDX (Financial Data Exchange) Financial Data Exchange — Finance — 58.0 Modernizing
FINREP / COREP (EBA reporting taxonomies) European Banking Authority Europe France Finance — —
FMS Standard (commercial vehicle fleet data) FMS Standard Working Group / ACEA — Automotive — —
Factur-X / ZUGFeRD FNFE-MPE / FeRD — E Invoicing — 45.5 Legacy
FpML (Financial products Markup Language) ISDA International Finance open 58.0 Modernizing
GA4GH Data Models (Beacon, DRS, Passports) Global Alliance for Genomics and Health International Life Sciences — 61.9 Modernizing
GBFS (General Bikeshare Feed Specification) MobilityData International Canada Mobility open 74.2 Current
GEDCOM and GEDCOM X FamilySearch United States Genealogy open 50.8 Modernizing
GFF3 / GTF Sequence Ontology / community — Genomics open —
Gambling: OpenBet and IBIA integrity data various — no dominant open standard — Gambling — —
GeoJSON IETF (RFC 7946) — Geospatial open 72.0 Current
GeoPackage Open Geospatial Consortium International United States Geospatial open 65.0 Modernizing
Global Privacy Control GPC / W3C Community Group — Privacy open 74.6 Current
Green Button / ESPI Green Button Alliance — Energy — 41.7 Legacy
HEDNA hotel electronic distribution standards (Hotel Electronic Distribution Network Association) HEDNA — Hospitality — —
HL7 CDA / C-CDA HL7 International International United States Healthcare licence —
HL7 FHIR Health Level Seven International International United States Healthcare open 67.7 Modernizing
HL7 Version 2 HL7 International International United States Healthcare licence 34.1 Legacy
IATA NDC (International Air Transport Association) IATA International Travel licence 38.5 Legacy
IATI Standard (International Aid Transparency Initiative) IATI / UNDP — Development open 64.8 Modernizing
ICAR standards (animal recording) International Committee for Animal Recording International Animal Science — —
IEEE 1516 HLA / DIS IEEE / SISO International United States Simulation spec sold —
IEEE 2030.5 (Smart Energy Profile) IEEE International United States Energy spec sold —
IFRS Accounting Taxonomy (International Financial Reporting Standards) IFRS Foundation International United Kingdom Finance — —
IFRS S1 / S2 (ISSB) taxonomy IFRS Foundation / ISSB International United Kingdom Sustainability — —
IHE Technical Frameworks and Profiles IHE International International Healthcare — 46.8 Legacy
IODEF (RFC 7970) IETF International United States Security open 60.2 Modernizing
IPC-2581 IPC / IPC-2581 Consortium — Electronics spec sold —
IPTC NewsML-G2 and ninjs (International Press Telecommunications Council) International Press Telecommunications Council International News — 45.2 Legacy
IRS Form 990 e-file schema (Internal Revenue Service) US Internal Revenue Service — Nonprofit — —
ISO 8583 ISO International Switzerland Payments spec sold —
ISOBUS / ISO 11783 AEF / ISO TC 23 SC 19 International Agriculture spec sold 42.0 Legacy
Inline XBRL (iXBRL) and ESEF XBRL International / ESMA International Finance — —
JATS (Journal Article Tag Suite) NISO — Scholarly open —
JSON Schema OpenJS Foundation / IETF International United States Cross Domain open 76.9 Current
JSON Structure JSON Structure community — Cross Domain — 68.7 Modernizing
JSON-LD W3C International United States Cross Domain open 65.0 Modernizing
KML Open Geospatial Consortium International United States Geospatial open 59.0 Modernizing
LEDES (Legal Electronic Data Exchange Standard) LEDES Oversight Committee — Legal open 50.5 Modernizing
LIDO (Lightweight Information Describing Objects) ICOM-CIDOC — Cultural Heritage — —
MARC 21 Library of Congress United States national body Library open 62.0 Modernizing
MDS (Mobility Data Specification) Open Mobility Foundation — Mobility — —
MEI (Music Encoding Initiative) Music Encoding Initiative — Music — —
MISP core format (Malware Information Sharing Platform) MISP Project / CIRCL — Security — —
MathML W3C International United States Mathematics open 62.2 Modernizing
Model Context Protocol Anthropic / MCP community United States AI open 74.6 Current
MultiSpeak NRECA — Energy — 40.9 Legacy
MusicXML W3C Music Notation Community Group — Music open 48.1 Legacy
NAIC statutory financial statement blanks National Association of Insurance Commissioners United States national body Insurance spec sold —
NCPDP SCRIPT NCPDP United States national body Healthcare — —
NCPDP Telecommunication Standard NCPDP United States national body Healthcare — —
NIST Election Results Common Data Format (SP 1500-100) NIST / EAC United States national body Elections — 58.1 Modernizing
Nacha ACH file format Nacha — Payments open —
OAGIS (Open Applications Group Integration Specification) Open Applications Group — Enterprise spec sold 63.0 Modernizing
OASIS Electronic Court Filing (ECF) / LegalXML OASIS LegalXML — Legal open 68.0 Modernizing
OCDS (Open Contracting Data Standard) Open Contracting Partnership United States Government open —
OCPP / OCPI (Open Charge Point Protocol) Open Charge Alliance / EVRoaming Foundation Netherlands Energy — —
OECD CRS and FATCA schemas OECD / US IRS International France Tax — —
OECD Pillar Two GloBE Information Return OECD International France Tax — —
OGC 3D Tiles Open Geospatial Consortium / Cesium International United States Geospatial open —
OGC API - Features / Records / EDR (Open Geospatial Consortium) Open Geospatial Consortium International United States Geospatial open 84.0 Current
OPTIMADE OPTIMADE Consortium — Materials open 70.4 Modernizing
OSV Schema (Open Source Vulnerability) OpenSSF International United States Security open 74.2 Current
Odette and VDA automotive standards Odette International / VDA International Automotive — 71.0 Modernizing
OneRoster 1EdTech (formerly IMS Global) United States national body Education — 44.1 Legacy
OpenADR OpenADR Alliance — Energy — —
OpenAPI Initiative Overlay and Arazzo OpenAPI Initiative / Linux Foundation International United States API Specification open 77.4 Current
OpenC2 OASIS International United States Security open 66.7 Modernizing
OpenDocument Format (ODF) OASIS / ISO International Cross Domain spec sold 55.0 Modernizing
OpenMath OpenMath Society — Mathematics open —
OpenRTB IAB Tech Lab — Advertising open 78.0 Current
OpenTravel Specification OpenTravel Alliance International Travel open 87.2 Current
PESC standards (Postsecondary Electronic Standards Council) Postsecondary Electronic Standards Council — Education — —
PIDX and CIDX PIDX International / CIDX International Energy — —
Peppol BIS OpenPeppol — Trade — —
PhenoPackets GA4GH International Life Sciences — 68.8 Modernizing
Postal: UPU standards (S10 tracking, M-series) Universal Postal Union International Switzerland Postal — 43.1 Legacy
QTI (Question and Test Interoperability) 1EdTech United States national body Education — 35.7 Legacy
RESO Web API (Real Estate Standards Organization) RESO — Real Estate — 67.7 Modernizing
ReqIF (Requirements Interchange Format) Object Management Group International Engineering open 58.0 Modernizing
S1000D ASD / AIA / ATA — Defense — —
SAM / BAM / CRAM (Sequence Alignment Map) GA4GH / hts-specs International Genomics open —
SARIF (Static Analysis Results Interchange Format) OASIS International United States Software Development open 69.5 Modernizing
SBML (Systems Biology Markup Language) SBML community / COMBINE — Biology — 46.2 Legacy
SCIM (System for Cross-domain Identity Management) IETF International United States Identity open 58.3 Modernizing
SDMX (Statistical Data and Metadata eXchange) SDMX Sponsors (BIS, ECB, Eurostat, IMF, OECD, UN, World Bank) International Statistics — 67.5 Modernizing
SEPA payment schemes (pain/pacs subsets) European Payments Council Europe Belgium Payments — 50.7 Modernizing
SPL (Structured Product Labeling) HL7 / US FDA International United States Pharma — 44.6 Legacy
STET PSD2 API STET (France) — Open Banking — 72.3 Current
Sigma detection rules SigmaHQ community — Security — 59.7 Modernizing
Solvency II QRT taxonomy EIOPA — Insurance — 50.8 Modernizing
Space: CCSDS standards (SLE, XTCE, Mission Ops) Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems — Space — —
SportsML IPTC International Sports — 46.9 Legacy
TAF/TAP TSI and ERA RINF European Union Agency for Railways Europe France Rail — —
TEI (Text Encoding Initiative) TEI Consortium — Humanities open 53.5 Modernizing
TOMP-API (Transport Operator Mobility as a Service Provider) TOMP-API Working Group — Mobility open 77.1 Current
Test Anything Protocol and JUnit XML TAP community / de facto — Software Development — 66.2 Modernizing
Tourism: OpenTravel and Alliance for Travel Tech schemas OpenTravel Alliance / EU Tourism Data Space International Travel open 87.2 Current
UBL (Universal Business Language) OASIS International United States Trade open 62.0 Modernizing
UIC OSDM (Open Sales and Distribution Model) UIC — Rail — 63.1 Modernizing
US Core Implementation Guide HL7 International International United States Healthcare open 69.3 Modernizing
VAST / VMAP (Video Ad Serving Template) IAB Tech Lab — Advertising open 65.0 Modernizing
VCF (Variant Call Format) GA4GH / hts-specs International Genomics open —
WBCSD PACT Pathfinder Framework (World Business Council for Sustainable Development) WBCSD International Switzerland Sustainability licence —
WHO International Health Regulations reporting (World Health Organization) World Health Organization International Switzerland Public Health open 67.6 Modernizing
WITSML / PRODML / RESQML (Energistics) Energistics / The Open Group International United Kingdom Energy — 50.0 Modernizing
WMO / OGC WIS 2.0 metadata and BUFR/GRIB (World Meteorological Organization) World Meteorological Organization International Switzerland Meteorology licence —
WaDE (Water Data Exchange) Western States Water Council — Water — —
Water: WaterML / OGC and Open Geospatial hydrology Open Geospatial Consortium / WMO International Water open 63.5 Modernizing
Weather: NOAA/NWS data models and ECMWF conventions NOAA / ECMWF — Meteorology — —
X12 EDI (HIPAA transaction sets) ASC X12 — Healthcare spec sold 36.6 Legacy
X3D / Web3D Web3D Consortium / ISO International 3D Graphics spec sold 37.3 Legacy
XBRL XBRL International International Finance — —
XBRL GL (Global Ledger) XBRL International International Finance — —
XLIFF OASIS International United States Localization open 42.7 Legacy
XMI (XML Metadata Interchange) Object Management Group International Cross Domain open 58.0 Modernizing
XML Schema (XSD) W3C International United States Cross Domain open 78.0 Current
YARA rules VirusTotal / community — Security — —
cXML / OCI punchout Ariba / SAP — Procurement — 58.5 Modernizing
ebXML OASIS / UN/CEFACT International United States Trade open 69.5 Modernizing
gbXML (Green Building XML) gbXML.org — Built Environment — 48.4 Legacy
mzML and HUPO-PSI standards HUPO Proteomics Standards Initiative — Proteomics — —
railML railML.org — Rail licence 30.8 Legacy
sellers.json and SupplyChain Object IAB Tech Lab — Advertising open 74.0 Current
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