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The Identity Metaystem takes a big step forward, let’s hope Europe takes note.

Mike Jones has just posted the news that the Identity Metasystem Interoperability Version 1.0 specification has been approved as an OASIS standard , with 56 votes in favor and none against. Mike notes that: Numerous clarifications were incorporated as a result, while still maintaining compatibility with...

Posted to Notes2Self.net (Weblog) by Stephen McGibbon on 07-01-2009
OpenXPS - OpenXML Paper Specification

At the 97th General Assembly held in Budapest, June 16, 2009, Ecma International approved Open XML Paper Specification (OpenXPS) as an Ecma standard ( ECMA-388 ). This Standard defines OpenXPS, the Open XML Paper Specification. OpenXPS describes a set of conventions for the use of XML and other widely...

Posted to Notes2Self.net (Weblog) by Stephen McGibbon on 06-17-2009
ISO/IEC 29500:2008, Information technology - Office Open XML formats published

ISO’s press release says ISO (International Organization for Standardization) and IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission) have just published the joint International Standard, ISO/IEC 29500:2008, Information technology – Office Open XML formats. ISO/IEC 29500:2008 runs to 7,228 pages and comprises...

Posted to Notes2Self.net (Weblog) by Stephen McGibbon on 11-19-2008
Reuters: "Get Microsoft vote in perspective, says ISO chief"

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 over the voting process was largely due to a poor...

Posted to Notes2Self.net (Weblog) by Stephen McGibbon on 06-27-2008
Patrick Durusau's "non-standard guide to standards behaviour"

Patrick's latest post proposes some sarcastic rules for " behaviour in standards committees and standards making in general ":- He goes on to say:- Writing useful standards requires us to move beyond such behaviours. I have not included examples of those behaviours because that simply starts the cycle...

Posted to Notes2Self.net (Weblog) by Stephen McGibbon on 04-01-2008
IBM's SEC 10-K report: Open Standards? Interoperability?

I was just looking at IBM's latest annual SEC 10-K report . "Open Standards" are listed in the "Key Business Drivers" section with the following note (my emphasis):- Open Standards The broad adoption of open standards is essential to the computing model for an on demand business and is a significant...

Posted to Notes2Self.net (Weblog) by Stephen McGibbon on 03-28-2008
IE8 beta passes ACID2 test "out of the box"

notice also the domain highlighting.

Posted to Notes2Self.net (Weblog) by Stephen McGibbon on 03-06-2008
IE8 to pass Acid2 test in default configuration

I am pleased to report that Microsoft has confirmed that IE8 will use "Standards Mode" (and pass the Acid2 test) by default. Dean Hachamovitch, General Manager for Internet Explorer, has written about the change on the IEBlog . We’ve decided that IE8 will, by default, interpret web content in the most...

Posted to Notes2Self.net (Weblog) by Stephen McGibbon on 03-04-2008
ODF 1.2 Roadmap (per Rob Weir)

IBM's Rob Weir outlines the "ODF 1.2 Roadmap" (my emphasis): Once we complete our editing work on ODF 1.2, it undergoes an approval process like this: Approval as a Committee Draft Public Review - 60 days Disposition of comments - 2 weeks Second public review - 15 days (2nd public review period is only...

Posted to Notes2Self.net (Weblog) by Stephen McGibbon on 02-20-2008
Sun sponsors Patrick Durusau to edit next ISO/IEC version of ODF

Sun announced yesterday that they have sponsored Patrick Durusau 's contract to act as editor of the ODF 1.2 specification. I noticed a couple of weeks ago that Patrick made some complimentary comments about the work done by ISO/IEC DIS 29500 editor, Rex Jaeschke :- PS: And no, I am not one of those...

Posted to Notes2Self.net (Weblog) by Stephen McGibbon on 02-14-2008

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