Development of the DDS specification started in 2001. It was developed by Real-Time Innovations (RTI), a software framework company, and [[Thales Group]], a French defense company. In 2004, the [[Object Management Group]] (OMG) published DDS version 1.0.<ref>{{Cite web |title= Data Distribution Service (DDS), Version 1.0 |date= December 2, 2004 |publisher= Object Management Group |url= http://www.omg.org/spec/DDS/1.0 |access-date= November 9, 2016 }}</ref> Version 1.1 was published in December 2005,<ref>{{Cite web |title= Data Distribution Service (DDS), Version 1.1 |date= December 4, 2005 |url= http://www.omg.org/spec/DDS/1.1 |access-date= November 9, 2016 }}</ref> 1.2 in January 2007,<ref>{{Cite web |title= Data Distribution Service (DDS), Version 1.2 |date= January 1, 2007 |url= http://www.omg.org/spec/DDS/1.2 |access-date= November 9, 2016 }}</ref> and 1.4 in April 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |title= Data Distribution Service (DDS), Version 1.4 |date= April 10, 2015 |url= http://www.omg.org/spec/DDS/1.4 |access-date= November 9, 2016 }}</ref>
DDS is covered by several US patents,<ref>[https://www.google.com/patents/US8874686 US Patent US8874686]</ref><ref>[http://www.google.com/patents/US8671135 US Patent US8671135]</ref><ref>[http://www.google.com/patents/US8150988 US Patent US8150988]</ref><ref>[http://www.google.com/patents/US9015672 US Patent US9015672]</ref> among others.
