One core part of CRAM originated with that article; more has come later. I'm involved in BAM and CRAM -- it feels like a collaboration to me! These formats ar

One core part of CRAM originated with that article; more has come later. I'm involved in BAM and CRAM -- it feels like a collaboration to me! These formats are a collaboration between bioinformaticians at a number of research institutes and companies around the world, with various charity, governmental, or other funding. They are maintained under the auspices of GA4GH, which is indeed something like W3C.