Browse by Tags
All Tags »
DIS29500 (
RSS)
Reuters European Technology Correspondent, Georgina Prodhan , has an interesting article " Get Microsoft vote in perspective, says ISO chief " based on an interview with ISO Secretary-General Alan Bryden in which he told Reuters the uproar that erupted...
Alex Brown's post "ISO committee takes full control of OOXML" is the first report I've seen from the just-finished SC 34 meeting in Oslo . Alex calls out one of the several resolutions passed which relates to the maintenance of IS29500 - Resolution 4...
It's official! Here's ISO's press release . 2008-04-02 ISO/IEC DIS 29500, I nformation technology – Office Open XML file formats , has received the necessary number of votes for approval as an ISO/IEC International Standard. Approval required at least...
Here's the press release which notes that After more than 14 months of intensive review, a Joint Technical Committee of the International Standardization Organization (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) has concluded its formal...
Standards Norway have posted a press release " Standard Norges behandling av OOXML for avstemming i ISO ". Here's a quick translation, which I will replace with an official text if Standards Norway release an English version. I have moved the translation...
Norway joins the club of ISO/IEC JTC1 P members approving DIS29500. Here's Standard Norge's press release .
Another ISO/IEC JTC1 P member decides to approve DIS29500. SFS 's press release is here Suomi puoltaa toimisto-ohjelmien OOXML-standardia . Tero Lehto has the news on TIETOKONE : Suomi kannattaa Microsoftin Office-formaattia
A colleague has just sent me a link to the CNI press release . Czech Standards Institute agrees with the proposal of the international standard ISO/IEC DIS 29500 (Information technology – Office Open XML file formats) Czech Standards Institute (CSI) sent...
Patrick Durusau has posted another thoughtful contribution to the document formats standardisation debate:- Who Loses If OpenXML Loses? As national bodies meet to cast their final votes on OpenXML, a checklist of who loses if OpenXML does might be helpful...
Chris Capossela has written an open letter (which seems to be an increasingly popular thing to do these days) that includes the following statement (my emphasis):- As a result of global feedback and consideration, the Open XML standard under consideration...
Norway's Dagens Næringsliv has an interesting story with details about some of the commercial dynamics behind the EU Commission's DG Comp investigation into the DIS29500 ballot process. (The article is in Norwegian - I have an English translation which...
Eric Lai has a balanced piece on the BRM . There are some interesting snippets in there too, like this (my emphasis) Updegrove, who attended last week's meeting as an observer , has been outspoken in his criticism of what took place in Geneva. "People...
Alex Brown has just posted links to the BRM documents with the guidance to "get them while you can"! Edited Notes of the Meeting Resolutions of the Meeting [Update Alex has now also added Result of Proposed disposition of comments Documents referenced...
ISO and IEC have joined Ecma , Standard Norge , Dansk Standard and Standards Malaysia in posting a press release " Ballot resolution meeting addresses comments on draft ISO/IEC 29500 standard " ( Jason Matusow has English translations of the Norwegian...
Patrick Durusau ( Editor of the ODF 1.2 spec ) is now recommending approval of DIS 29500 as an ISO standard. Patrick's post " On being heard " explains this change in his position:- On The Importance Of Being Heard As a non-attendee to the BRM on DIS...
More Posts
Next page »