The Design Extensible Markup Language (DS-XML) was initiated in 2005 at the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market

Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market

The Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market , or OHIM is the trademark and designs registry for the internal market of the European Union. It is based in Alicante, Spain, and its president is António Campinos.- Task :...

 as an open standard based on TM-XML

TM-XML

Note: Article currently under review.The Trade Mark Extensible Markup Language is an XML open standard for the trademark business and for the exchange of trademark information between the Industrial Property Offices and its partners or users....

 for the exchange of information in XML on Design information.

Its latest version is the DS-XML version 1.1 published in October 2009 covering the information for eFiling, publication and dissemination of Design Register's data and the version 1.0 has been adopted as WIPO

World Intellectual Property Organization

The World Intellectual Property Organization is one of the 17 specialized agencies of the United Nations. WIPO was created in 1967 "to encourage creative activity, to promote the protection of intellectual property throughout the world"....

International Standard 86 aka ST.86 in February 2009.

External links

• DS-XML homepage
  • DS-XML dictionary
  • DS-XML examples