Contributing Member List
Contributing Member Benefits

Subscriber Benefits

Compare the benefits of Contributing Membership and Subscription by using our Membership Matrix

The two primary ways to participate across all IMS groups and activities are as a Contributing Member (CM) or Subscriber. Contributing Member organizations have full voting privileges and generally lead the IMS workgroups and activities. Subscriber organizations have early access to standards under development and all alliances, such as the Common Cartridge Alliance.  If you would like to see a comparison of CM and Subscriber benefits, check out the Membership Matrix online.

Contributing Member

IMS Contributing Members have voting representation on the IMS Technical Board and participate in the governance of IMS. Organizations interested in participating at this level are encouraged to download more detailed information on IMS Contributing Membership and contact Rob Abel.To see a list of current IMS Contributing Members, visit: http://www.imsglobal.org/members.html

Subscription

Subscription provides benefits for both developers and end-users.

Subscription provides an environment for developers and end-users to collaborate on tools, techniques, and trials of distributed learning products and delivery systems. If you are a product or service company implementing or using IMS specifications you are strongly encouraged to may join the IMS Subscribers to indicate your support for open specifications development. In return IMS provides tools to make implementation of the specifications much more productive and effective and will update you directly on any changes or improvements.

Subscription also enabling broad participation in the activities of IMS/GLC by end-user organizations, such as, such as educational institutions, school districts, and the training or human resources units of corporations for the sharing of best practices in learning technology innovation.

Explore the benefits of an IMS Subscriptions and learn how to join. To see a list of current IMS Subscribers, visit: http://www.imsglobal.org/subscribers.html

Common Cartridge Alliance

The CC Alliance is an online community of vendors, user institutions and practitioners committed to advancing the use of the IMS family of content-related specifications encompassing:

• Common Cartridge (CC).
• Content Packaging (CP).
• Question & Test Interoperability (QTI).

Join the Common Cartridge Alliance and begin taking advantage of the numberous benefits.. Sign up now online.