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Re: Apostrophes for possessives only (not plurals) for .uk readers.

i.e.

The plural of CMS is CMSs
The plural for OER is OER as the 's' is embedded in OER ("Open Educational Resources").
An OER's components.
A CMS's registered users

Referring to many CMSs and OER:

The CMSs' features may be compared here.
The OERs' licenses would need to be compatible.

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Yes - strange as it may seem :-). So I would go with OER' for plural possessives.

I hate to be difficult, but if that's the case, then we probably should have had OER singular in all cases with the 's' and apostrophes added as needed.