The OCA Alliance is a non-profit corporation formed to secure the standardization of the Open Control Architecture (OCA) as a media networking system control standard for professional applications. The Alliance’s purposes are to promote the standardization and adoption of OCA through marketing, education and training, and to develop new OCA versions and related materials that increase the value and usability of OCA as an interoperability tool for the media systems industry. History The Alliance was founded in 2011 by nine companies. During 2011 and 2012, these companies collaborated intensely to complete the OCA Specification and transmit it to a standards development organization. In October of 2012, the Alliance announced its incorporation as a standard non-profit trade association. At the same time, the OCA 1.1 Specification was posted on the Alliance website (www.oca-alliance.com) for free public download. Two weeks later, the Alliance completed arrangements with the Audio Engineering Society for the rendering of OCA 1.1 into an AES standard. OCA is now a project of the AES Standards Committee, with the designation X210. Under X210, the standardization of OCA will proceed, with completion expected in 18 to 24 months.