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The Implications of the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) on Finance Systems
White Papers The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) has issued a wide range of International Accounting Standards (IAS) over the past years that, along with recent improvements and additions, collectively make up the body of requirements for IFRS.
[October 13, 2005, 3:00]
Managing Transition to International Financial Reporting Standards
White Papers This white paper identifies the many challenges companies face when implementing International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) in corporate reporting and explores tightly integrated solutions that together centrally manage data and metadata...
[September 15, 2009, 1:21]
EC reluctant to recommend OpenDocument
News The European Commission is reluctant to recommend the OpenDocument file format, even though the format has been endorsed by international standards groups. But a month after Held made this statement, Microsoft announced that it was submitting its...
[May 8, 2006, 11:05]
ISO endorses OpenDocument standard
News OpenDocument was ratified as a file format standard Tuesday night by an international standards group, setting the stage for greater worldwide adoption of the open source file format. Members of the International Organisation for Standardisation...
[May 4, 2006, 13:30]
ISO offers to take on ODF maintenance
News The international standards body ISO has offered to help maintain the ODF document standard alongside its work on the rival Microsoft-originated OOXML specification, saying its creator Oasis is not dealing with defect reports quickly enough.
[October 7, 2008, 8:34]
An end to the software police?
News The International Standards Organisation (ISO) finally published its standard for software asset management (SAM) on Monday. The new standard, called ISO/IEC 19770-1, is published jointly by the ISO and the International Electrotechnical Commission.
[May 10, 2006, 12:45]
IBM warns standards bodies to shape up
News IBM has issued a warning to international standards body ISO in the wake of its approval of Microsoft's OOXML. Unless the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and other bodies are open and accountable, IBM could bow out of their...
[September 23, 2008, 16:03]
Six thousand pages, one month, no chance...
Blog Weary of cynicism, I've tried to believe that Microsoft's approach to international open document standards really does have the user in mind. Its preferred answer is to create its own open document format - OOXML - which can then be recognised as...
[January 18, 2007, 13:41]
Australian apathy results in OOXML 'abstain' vote
News Standards Australia has returned an "abstain" vote on the proposal to adopt the Office Open XML format standard as an international standard. The standards body, which represents Australia at the International Organization for Standardization (ISO...
[September 3, 2007, 9:18]
Australia abstains on final OOXML vote
News Standards Australia has maintained its "abstain" vote on Microsoft's attempt to attain international standard status for its Office Open XML file format. Due to a lack of stakeholder commitment to ongoing engagement in the International Standards...
[March 31, 2008, 8:15]
US votes 'no' on Sun's ISO Java bid
News The US is only one of 27 countries voting on the International Standards Organisation's process. In a statement, Microsoft officials said: "Microsoft is glad to see the U.S.vote to uphold the integrity of the international standards process.
[October 29, 1997, 9:22]
Web services need trust as well as standards
News Proposed Web services security specifications are to be submitted to an international standards body by some of the industry's major vendors. The latest version of the Web Services Security (WS-Security) specification is being submitted to...
[July 5, 2002, 9:04]
UK may make last-minute U-turn on OOXML
News The British Standards Institution could change sides, days before voting closes, and register a vote in favour of Microsoft's Office Open XML becoming an International Organization for Standardization standard having previously voted against.
[March 27, 2008, 16:51]
ODF 1.1 is indeed an international standard
Talkback An "international standard" is defined, in ISO/IEC Guide 2:2004, definition 3.2.1.1, as "[A] standard that is adopted by an international standardizing/standards organization and made available to the public.
[May 22, 2008, 11:36]
Can the URL be improved?
News An international standards body announced on Wednesday that it has taken on the task of improving on the omnipresent URL, or Web address, to give developers a cleaner way to design and locate Web services.
[January 9, 2003, 9:04]
Microsoft wins latest round in OpenDocument battle
News Standards body Ecma International has created a committee to standardise Microsoft Office document formats, handing the software giant a victory in an intensifying struggle over desktop software. Ecma International's creation of the Technical...
[December 13, 2005, 16:15]
Standards expert defends OOXML fast-track bid
News A European standards expert has defended the move to fast-track the International Organization for Standardization approval process for Microsoft's Office Open XML document standard, dismissing criticisms that the decision to do so is flawed and...
[March 25, 2008, 11:51]
EU passports get biometric data
News International technical standards and civil aviation organisations have confirmed that they are working on deploying passports containing details that enable the "machine-assisted identification" of the passenger, which will be required by...
[July 18, 2003, 15:27]
Microsoft throws governments a standardisation bone
News Microsoft intends to submit file formats for its new Office 12 applications to the European standards body ECMA International. Once Microsoft Office Open XML is recognised as an ECMA standard, the group of companies then intends to pursue...
[November 22, 2005, 8:30]
Microsoft loses key vote for Open XML
News Microsoft has failed by one vote to get the backing necessary for Office Open XML to become an alternative to OpenDocument Format as a standard of the International Committee for Information Technology Standards.
[August 13, 2007, 15:46]
