Since the initial release of XrML in mid 2000, the XrML specification and schema have been downloaded by over 3,000 users.

The specification is being actively worked upon in the technical working groups within several key standards bodies:

MPEG-21: which includes companies such as IBM, Universal Music Group, NTT, Reuters, Microsoft, Intel, Philips, Panasonic as well as major content owner organizations such as the MPAA and the RIAA, as active participants.

OASIS: which includes companies such as Hewlett Packard, Verisign, Microsoft, IBM, Reuters, CommerceOne as active participants.

In addition, the following companies have publicly announced their active support and agreement to build products and/or services which are XrML compliant: Microsoft, OverDrive, Zinio Systems, DMDsecure, Integrated Management Concepts and Content Works.

When first released, XrML received the support of several leading technology providers, content owners, distributors and retailers who adhered to vision of interoperability as a prerequisite for the rapid growth of the digital content economy.

• Adobe Systems • Audible Inc. • Content Works • DMDsecure • Hewlett-Packard Laboratories • Integrated Management Concepts • MediaDNA • Microsoft • Overdrive • Portal Software • Xerox Corp. • Zinio Systems	• Barnesandnoble.com • The Book Industry Study Group • Dushkin McGraw-Hill • Holtzbrinck Publishing Group • John Wiley & Sons, Inc. • Lightning Printing Inc. • RoweCom Inc. • St Martin's Press • Thomson Learning • Time Warner Trade Publishing