[This is the file atrust.100]

[Note: This language has not been subject to legal review.  It is
merely a placeholder intended to express the basic antitrust
philosophy assumed to be part of the context of the proposed OASIS
process for the creation of technical specifications.]

ANTITRUST GUIDELINES FOR OASIS TECHNICAL COMMITTEES

   It is the intention of OASIS and its members to operate in
   compliance with the antitrust laws of the United States, and
   therefore all OASIS technical committees should use their best
   efforts to comply with those laws.  In furtherance of such
   efforts, the following guidelines apply to all activities
   covered by the OASIS process for technical specifications.

   1. No activity of OASIS or any of its technical committees
   shall be used for any of the following purposes:

      (a) To bring about or attempt to bring about any
      understanding or agreement, written or oral, formal or
      informal, express or implied among or between competitors
      or potential competitors with regard to prices, terms or
      conditions of sale, distribution, volume of production,
      territories, customers, credit terms, or marketing
      practices.

      (b) To hold discussions among or between competitors or
      potential competitors regarding prices, pricing methods,
      production plans, allocation of territories or customers,
      or any limitation on the timing, cost, or volume of
      research, production, or sales.

      (c) To encourage any person or business entity to refrain
      from dealing with any supplier, or to attempt to prevent
      any person or business entity from gaining access to any
      market or customer for goods and services, from obtaining a
      supply of goods or services, or from otherwise purchasing
      goods or services freely in the market.

   2. The qualifications for membership in OASIS are set forth
   [[somewhere else; reference goes here]].  No applicant for
   membership who meets the qualifications shall be denied
   membership for any anti-competitive purpose or for the purpose
   of denying such applicant the benefits of membership.

   3. Neither OASIS nor any OASIS technical committee shall
   attempt to construct a standard or specification for the
   purpose or with the effect of preventing the manufacture,
   sale, or supply of any product or services not conforming to a
   particular specification.

   4. The development, approval, or recognition of any
   specifications by OASIS or its technical committees shall be
   based upon relevant technical and business considerations and
   shall in no way be based upon any intention to reduce or
   eliminate competition in the sale, supply, and furnishing of
   products and services.

   5. Adherence to any specifications developed, approved, or
   recognized by OASIS or its technical committees shall be
   voluntary on the part of the members of OASIS and shall in no
   way be compelled, directed, or coerced by OASIS or any OASIS
   technical committee, it being solely a voluntary decision on
   the part of members of OASIS as to whether to adhere to or
   comply with any such specifications.

   6. Neither OASIS nor any OASIS technical committee shall
   impose sanctions for the violation of, nor shall they enforce
   compliance with, standards or specifications developed,
   recognized, or approved by OASIS, except that OASIS may
   condition use of its trademarks on compliance with standards
   developed to regulate the use of and to protect such mark.

   7. While participation in OASIS and its technical committees
   is limited to OASIS members, the substantive business of OASIS
   and its technical committees shall be conducted in public
   view.  In particular:

      (a) All electronic mailing lists of OASIS technical
      committees shall be freely available on the Internet.

      (b) Every formal decision taken by an OASIS technical
      committee shall be reported on the Internet within a
      reasonable period of time.

      (c) Any document or working draft of a specification under
      development by an OASIS technical committee that is visible
      to the members of that technical committee shall at the
      same time be visible to the public.

      (d) The membership of any editorial team or task force
      appointed by a technical committee shall be made public
      upon its formation, and the products of such editorial team
      or task force shall be made public when reported back to
      the technical committee that created it.

   8. All OASIS technical committees shall observe the formal
   procedures regarding notifications, meetings, decisions, and
   minutes set forth in [[the OASIS process document for the
   creation of technical specifications]].

   9. Each participant in an OASIS technical committee shall be
   supplied with a copy of these guidelines and shall agree to
   abide by them.