JAUS
   The Joint Architecture for Unmanned Systems (JAUS) is an initiative to develop an architecture for unmanned systems. It defines messages and component behaviors that are independent of technology, computer hardware, operator use, and vehicle platforms and
   http://www.jauswg.org/

RoboML
   The Robotic Markup Language is an XML-based language for data representation and interchange in robotic applications.
   http://www.roboml.org/

SML
   The Spacecraft Markup Language (SML) provides a standardized representation of commands, telemetry, science data, and other information to be used in the development of space probes.
   http://xml.coverpages.org/spacecraftML.html

SensorML
   XML-based Sensor Model Language for describing the geometric, dynamic, and radiometric properties of dynamic in-situ and remote sensors.
   http://vast.nsstc.uah.edu/SensorML/

UMBmark
   The University of Michigan standard method for measuring, comparing, and correcting dead-reckoning errors in mobile robots.
   http://www.cs.biu.ac.il/~galk/teaching/sadna/Map-or-Localization/umbmark.pdf

XRCL
   The Extensible Robot Control Language (XRCL - pronounced zircle) is a relatively simple, modern language and environment designed to allow robotics researchers to share ideas by sharing code.
   http://www.automationit.hut.fi/file.php?id=15