Table 1 Organization and Support

1. The TMA data exchange specification effort is sponsored by the Association for Pathology Informatics.

2. Workshops were chaired by a designated member of the Technical Specifications Committee of the Association for Pathology Informatics

3. The costs of the workshops were partially offset by a meeting support grant from the National Cancer Institute (R13 CA094453).

4. The APIII and AIMCL organizers provided meeting rooms and scheduled meeting time to the TMA workshop and advertised the TMA workshops in their brochures and meeting announcements.