All collaboration interest groups, projects and activities are supported by the Forum’s collaboration environment and communication channels which include:

• A best in class, community-based collaboration environment which is available to all Forum members, offering web 2.0 collaboration platform with extensive collaborative tooling, project support tools and source code management capabilities
• A safe, well established intellectual property regime, which serves to protect the interests of the contributors while maximising uptake of the output material
• Promotional capability to registered individuals in member companies  
• Guidance and advice on how to best utilise other Forum work to expedite results
• Assistance with liaison agreements with other industry bodies in order to gain access to existing work or drive uptake of our work

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