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ISO may change its processes following OOXML debacle
Blog The normally august International Organisation for Standardization (ISO) has said that it may change its fast track processes following the controversy around Microsoft's Office Open XML. I've been involved in a long and very interesting round of...
[April 18, 2008, 17:44]
ISO lost all credibility
Talkback ISO allowed the working group to be stacked, just one week before the first vote in September 2007. Countries with no capacity to make any contribution, simply voted Yes. Here are some countries from the list of shame (Participating members with...
[April 14, 2008, 14:59]
ISO's SC34: the Large Standard Collider
Blog Like that other Swiss science project, standards maker ISO has accelerated ODF and OOXML on two separate paths, and now it is colliding them, in a small space: the SC34 committee. ISO's "takeover" of ODF, it turns out, isn't unwelcome, even to ODF...
[October 7, 2008, 10:45]
Idea - ISO's World Standards Day is 14 October
Blog In two weeks, ISO is celebrating World Standards Day, along with IEC and ITU. World Standards Day is celebrated each year on 14 October to pay tribute to the efforts of thousands of experts worldwide who collaborate within IEC, ISO and ITU to...
[September 29, 2008, 10:03]
ISO Recorder (Windows Vista 32-bit)
Downloads ISO Recorder is a tool (power toy) that allows (depending on the Windows version) to burn CD and DVD images (DVD support is only available on Windows Vista), copy disks, make images of the existing data CDs and DVDs and create ISO images from a...
[May 29, 2007, 23:04]
ISO does publish ODF
Talkback ISO certainly does publish the ODF Open Document Format Standard. Here it is: http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalogue/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm? Can you explain what you mean by "ISO does not publish document standards"?
[April 22, 2008, 10:42]
OOXML: ISO says 'No' for now
Blog Microsoft Office Open XML has failed to gain enough votes to become an ISO standard, according to the International Organisation for Standardisation. According to ISO, the OOXML specification received 53 percent positive votes, while it failed...
[September 5, 2007, 10:18]
ISO never learns, IBM does
Blog IBM slating ISO's standards work? As an entertainingly contentious Wikipedia article puts it, this "severely damaged the reputation and legitimacy of the organisations involved, especially ISO. With the ISO imprimatur, these became government...
[September 23, 2008, 20:18]
ISO New England Monitors the Wholesale Electricity Market With SAS
White Papers Responsible for keeping the lights on from Eastport, Maine to Westport, Connecticut, ISO New England is the not-for-profit corporation that manages the 31,000-megawatt bulk electric transmission and generation system for all of New England.
[December 27, 2006, 0:00]
ISO Credibility
Talkback IMHO, ISO has been terribly damaged by this document format war. Think about why it is that both Ecma and OASIS sought to have their format proposals approved by ISO? Here's the interesting point about Ecma and OASIS that truly differentiates the...
[March 3, 2008, 18:13]
ISO approval 'unlikely for Microsoft Open XML'
News The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is unlikely to adopt Microsoft Office Open XML format, now that it has approved the OpenDocument Format (ODF), according to analyst group Gartner.
[May 16, 2006, 12:55]
ISO crunch time for OpenDocument
News The OpenDocument Format has been submitted to the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), according to OASIS, the standards body that developed the format. Patrick Gannon, the president and chief executive of OASIS, said in a speech...
[October 18, 2005, 17:45]
ISO Recorder (Windows Vista 64-bit)
Downloads ISO Recorder is a tool (power toy) that allows (depending on the Windows version) to burn CD and DVD images (DVD support is only available on Windows Vista), copy disks, make images of the existing data CDs and DVDs and create ISO images from a...
[May 30, 2007, 0:08]
ISO endorses OpenDocument standard
News Members of the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) ratified the file format standard with no opposition among the 31 votes. With adoption of ODF by ISO/IEC now assured...
[May 4, 2006, 13:30]
ISO says no to OOXML appeals
Blog Comment I used to respect ISO. Not any more. I wonder how many others are in the same position. The twists, turns and doublespeak were covered in great detail on Groklaw and I had difficulty in accepting that a supposed international standards organisation...
[August 17, 2008, 18:37]
ISO rejects Microsoft OOXML
News Microsoft's Office Open XML document specification has failed to achieve ISO certification for now. The software giant's bid to push Office Open XML (OOXML) through the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) fast-track process has...
[September 5, 2007, 13:32]
ISO's OOXML committee in ODF takeover bid?
Blog It's all a bit opaque, but the OOXML standard from Microsoft is maintained by a committee set up by ISO/IEC.called SC34. This is the group tasked with fixing flaws in OOXML, that remained following the Ballot Resolution Meeting, despite OOXML's...
[October 5, 2008, 22:36]
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]
ISO process has been gamed, why back off?
Talkback Given (a) the numerous reports of national standards bodies forcing through an acceptance vote, (b) the EU investigation of same (see your own site's article on the subject) and (c) the sudden influx of full-voting-rights P members just ahead of...
[April 14, 2008, 18:52]
Mount ISO Files Virtually
Downloads Mount ISO Files Virtually allows ISO image files to be mounted virtually as a CD/DVD device.
[March 7, 2007, 20:27]
