Sep 04, 2007
OOXML not approved by ISO
The draft standard ISO/IEC DIS 29500, Information technology
- Office Open XML file formats (aka OOXML, ECMA-376)
was not approved by ISO.
The five-month ballot process ended on 2 September, OOXML
has not achieved the required number of votes for approval.
ISO press release.
- Ars Aperta is member of the technical committe
on the revisable document format of the Afnor (French NB) in charge
of the OOXML case.
The Afnor voted "No with comment" to the ISO normalization of ECMA-37:
Afnor press release (french).
- Afnor proposal includes a scenario for convergence of
OpenDocument Format (ISO 26300) and OOXML.
(click for bigger picture)
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In the article (in french)
"
Formats bureautiques : le consensus impossible (1ere partie)
", in ITR Manager's magazine,
Jean-Marie Gouarné explains the strategic stakes
of formats standadization.
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