The Open Knowledge Initiative (O.K.I.) develops and promotes specifications that describe how the components of a software environment communicate with each other and with other enterprise systems. O.K.I. specifications enable sustainable interoperability and integration by defining standards for Service Oriented Architecture (
SOA). Through this work O.K.I. seeks to open new market opportunities across a wide range of software application domains.
The O.K.I. project was initially launched in 2001 through a generous grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and in collaboration with a number of like minded organizations. Today the O.K.I. Phase II project is housed at the
Office of Educational Innovation and Technology, a part of MIT's Dean of Undergraduate Education Office.
