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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]
Microsoft's OOXML Limps Through ISO Meeting
News Last week saw 100 delegates from 32 countries meet to discuss how to improve the OOXML specification to bring it up to the level required by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). After it was rejected by a vote in the...
[March 4, 2008, 15:21]
Brazil Says 'no' To Office Open XML
News After a very difficult and inconclusive meeting in ABNT (Brazilian Technical Standards Organization) office last Tuesday, the standards process director had to analyse the audio recording of all the meeting, review some facts, review again all 63...
[August 24, 2007, 16:35]
Critics Brand OOXML A Microsoft 'marketing Tool'
News The developer of XML and a former International Organization for Standardization committee chair have both claimed that Microsoft was interested in having Office Open XML accredited as an international standard in order to forward the company's...
[April 18, 2008, 17:00]
BSI Silent On OOXML Vote Result
News The British Standards Institution has sent its response to the International Organization for Standardization on the subject of whether Microsoft Office Open XML should be certified with the ISO, but has refused to say whether it voted "yes", "no...
[September 4, 2007, 10:13]
EU Passports Get Biometric Data
News Workgroups of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) will be meeting in London next week to discuss the key issues of the project, which include achieving international...
[July 18, 2003, 15:27]
Microsoft Admits To Standards Ignorance Pre-OOXML
News Microsoft national technology officer Stuart McKee admitted that the company had no specific department or individuals focused solely on standards prior to beginning the process of fast-tracking Office Open XML (OOXML) to become officially...
[June 23, 2008, 14:21]
Microsoft Criticised For Open XML Petition
News The petition, which was uploaded to Microsoft's UK site on 29 March, asks businesses to show their support for the Open XML format being fast-tracked through the standardisation process at the International Organization for Standardisation (ISO).
[April 5, 2007, 14:12]
Websites Claim To Host Leaked OOXML Results
News The documents appear to confirm that Microsoft's nascent document format has been approved as an official standard by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). The other criterion for passage was that under a quarter of all members...
[April 1, 2008, 16:44]
Microsoft Office Open XML Gets US Knockback
News But while ODF has gained important acceptance from the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), OOXML is still struggling to be seen as a truly open. On Friday, Office Open XML (OOXML) failed to gain approval in a vote by a sub-group...
[July 17, 2007, 18:39]
The New General Ledger Capabilities Of MySAP ERP
White Papers As a result, it helps your organization comply with the latest standards for corporate governance, international financial reporting, flexibility, and fast close. In today's environment, your organization needs to satisfy a wide range of internal...
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
ECMA Approves Microsoft Document Format
News In addition, the membership-based standards organisation voted to propose Office Open XML to the larger International Organization for Standardization (known as ISO) for standards approval through its fast-track process, a Microsoft representative...
[December 8, 2006, 8:30]
C# Gains Support
News Microsoft has now used that as a stepping stone to gain the imprimatur of a more widely recognised standards group, the International Organization for Standardization, or ISO, which governs standards for items as diverse as dental equipment...
[October 11, 2002, 14:08]
Bringing 3D To The Web
News Since its ratification by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in 1997, VRML (pronounced to rhyme with "thermal") has made little progress toward mainstream use. Before, we were way too early: the pipes weren't big enough, the...
[February 27, 2002, 6:31]
UK Standards Body Taken To Court Over OOXML
News The UK Unix & Open Systems User Group (UKUUG) said on Thursday that the British Standards Institution's (BSI's) controversial decision to vote for approval of OOXML in a recent International Organization for Standardization (ISO) ballot followed a...
[May 1, 2008, 16:34]
Opinion: Does The Net Belong To America?
News For instance, a few years ago, the Clinton administration fought feverishly to have its key escrow approach to encryption software assumed domestically, only to have it rejected (and all that domestic politicking practically nullified) by the...
[March 27, 2000, 11:43]
Denmark Changes OOXML Vote To 'yes'
News Denmark has decided to back Microsoft's Office Open XML document format, reversing its previous disapproval and bringing the format closer to fast-track approval by the International Organization for Standardization.
[March 28, 2008, 14:47]
Microsoft Open XML Moves Closer To Approval
News Ecma International said on Monday that Office Open XML, the document format for the latest version of Microsoft Office, has moved to the next step in the standardisation process at the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).
[April 5, 2007, 8:43]
EC May Extend MS Antitrust Probe
Blog There were allegations last August that Microsoft attempted to push its OOXML standard through various national bodies to achieve fast track International Organization for Standardization (ISO) certification, by rigging the voting procedures.
[February 8, 2008, 15:59]
OOXML Backwards Compatibility Led Microsoft To ODF
News Microsoft pushed OOXML through as a fast-track International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standard, and OOXML became IS29500 in April. Microsoft's decision to add support to Office 2007 for the OpenDocument Format instead of its own OOXML...
[May 22, 2008, 15:39]
