<s>
Xiph.Org	B-Application
Foundation	I-Application
is	O
a	O
nonprofit	O
organization	O
that	O
produces	O
free	B-Application
multimedia	O
formats	O
and	O
software	O
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
focuses	O
on	O
the	O
Ogg	O
family	O
of	O
formats	O
,	O
the	O
most	O
successful	O
of	O
which	O
has	O
been	O
Vorbis	B-Algorithm
,	O
an	O
open	O
and	O
freely	O
licensed	O
audio	O
format	O
and	O
codec	B-General_Concept
designed	O
to	O
compete	O
with	O
the	O
patented	O
WMA	B-Application
,	O
MP3	B-Application
and	O
AAC	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2013	O
,	O
development	O
work	O
was	O
focused	O
on	O
Daala	B-Application
,	O
an	O
open	O
and	O
patent-free	O
video	O
format	O
and	O
codec	B-General_Concept
designed	O
to	O
compete	O
with	O
VP9	B-Algorithm
and	O
the	O
patented	O
High	B-Algorithm
Efficiency	I-Algorithm
Video	I-Algorithm
Coding	I-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
its	O
in-house	O
development	O
work	O
,	O
the	O
foundation	O
has	O
also	O
brought	O
several	O
already-existing	O
but	O
complementary	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
projects	O
under	O
its	O
aegis	O
,	O
most	O
of	O
which	O
have	O
a	O
separate	O
,	O
active	O
group	O
of	O
developers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
include	O
Speex	B-Application
,	O
an	O
audio	O
codec	B-General_Concept
designed	O
for	O
speech	O
,	O
and	O
FLAC	B-Application
,	O
a	O
lossless	O
audio	O
codec	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Xiph.Org	B-Application
Foundation	I-Application
has	O
criticized	O
Microsoft	O
and	O
the	O
RIAA	O
for	O
their	O
lack	O
of	O
openness	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2008	O
,	O
the	B-Operating_System
Free	I-Operating_System
Software	I-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
listed	O
the	O
Xiph.Org	B-Application
projects	O
as	O
High	O
Priority	O
Free	B-Application
Software	I-Application
Projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Chris	O
Montgomery	O
,	O
creator	O
of	O
the	O
Ogg	O
container	O
format	O
,	O
founded	O
the	O
Xiphophorus	B-Application
company	I-Application
and	O
later	O
the	O
Xiph.Org	B-Application
Foundation	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
"	O
Xiph	B-Application
"	O
abbreviates	O
the	O
original	O
organizational	O
name	O
,	O
"	O
Xiphophorus	O
"	O
,	O
named	O
after	O
the	O
common	O
swordtail	O
fish	O
,	O
Xiphophorus	O
hellerii	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
"	O
Xiphophorus	B-Application
company	I-Application
"	O
was	O
used	O
until	O
2002	O
,	O
when	O
it	O
was	O
renamed	O
to	O
Xiph.Org	B-Application
Foundation	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1999	O
,	O
the	O
Xiphophorus	B-Application
company	I-Application
defined	O
itself	O
on	O
its	O
website	O
as	O
"	O
a	O
distributed	O
group	O
of	O
Free	B-Application
and	O
Open	O
Source	O
programmers	O
working	O
to	O
protect	O
the	O
foundations	O
of	O
Internet	O
multimedia	O
from	O
domination	O
by	O
self-serving	O
corporate	O
interests.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2002	O
,	O
the	O
Xiph.Org	B-Application
Foundation	I-Application
defined	O
itself	O
on	O
its	O
website	O
as	O
"	O
a	O
non-profit	O
corporation	O
dedicated	O
to	O
protecting	O
the	O
foundations	O
of	O
Internet	O
multimedia	O
from	O
control	O
by	O
private	O
interests.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2003	O
,	O
the	O
Xiph.Org	B-Application
Foundation	I-Application
was	O
recognized	O
by	O
the	O
IRS	O
as	O
a	O
501(c )	O
(	O
3	O
)	O
Non-Profit	O
Organization	O
,	O
which	O
means	O
that	O
U.S.	O
citizens	O
can	O
deduct	O
donations	O
made	O
to	O
Xiph.Org	B-Application
from	O
their	O
taxes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
RTP	B-Protocol
payloads	O
–	O
containers	O
for	O
Vorbis	B-Algorithm
,	O
Theora	B-Algorithm
,	O
Speex	B-Application
and	O
Opus	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kate	O
–	O
an	O
overlay	O
codec	B-General_Concept
that	O
can	O
carry	O
animated	O
text	O
and	O
images	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenCodecs	O
is	O
a	O
software	O
package	O
for	O
Windows	O
adding	O
DirectShow	B-Library
filters	O
for	O
the	O
Theora	B-Algorithm
and	O
WebM	B-Application
codecs	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
adds	O
Theora	B-Algorithm
and	O
WebM	B-Application
support	O
to	O
Windows	B-Device
Media	I-Device
Player	I-Device
and	O
enables	O
HTML5	O
video	O
in	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Xiph	B-Application
QuickTime	B-Application
Components	O
are	O
implementations	O
of	O
the	O
Ogg	O
container	O
along	O
with	O
the	O
Speex	B-Application
,	O
Theora	B-Algorithm
,	O
FLAC	B-Application
and	O
Vorbis	B-Algorithm
codecs	B-General_Concept
for	O
QuickTime	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
use	O
Ogg	O
files	O
in	O
any	O
application	O
that	O
uses	O
QuickTime	B-Application
for	O
audio	O
and	O
video	O
file	O
support	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
iTunes	B-Operating_System
and	O
QuickTime	B-Application
Player	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
QuickTime	B-Application
Components	O
does	O
not	O
function	O
in	O
macOS	B-Operating_System
Sierra	I-Operating_System
and	O
above	O
,	O
the	O
project	O
was	O
discontinued	O
in	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
