Standards Expert Defends OOXML Fast-track Bid
News Jan van den Beld, the former secretary general of European standards organisation Ecma International, said the fast-track process was necessary to ensure proposed standards are not technologically outdated by the time they are approved years later.
[March 25, 2008, 11:51]
ISO Credibility
Talkback Think about why it is that both Ecma and OASIS sought to have their format proposals approved by ISO? What's wrong with Ecma and OASIS? What do ISO and the W3C have that Ecma and OASIS do not? The answer is that both Ecma and OASIS are vendor...
[March 4, 2008, 8:30]
Proprietary Past Looms Over Microsoft OOXML Hopes
News While OOXML is already an Ecma worldwide standard, an ISO approval is considered to be the final word on the status of a format, and the prolonged anticipation over the outcome the vote has generated heated debate both for and against Microsoft's...
[February 28, 2008, 15:27]
Mono Seeks To Open Up .Net
News To de Icaza, replicating Microsoft's hard work -- much of which has been published to standards body Ecma International -- will make other operating systems, notably Linux, more attractive to developers.
[July 16, 2004, 14:25]
Actually MS Office 2007 Complies With Official Ecma Standard
Talkback Currently there is only one official open standard version of OOXML and that is the Ecma 376 standard.http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/standards/Ecma-376.htm Soon there might be a new version of ISO OOXML and that is then likely to...
[February 28, 2008, 17:43]
Fun And Games With OOXML
Blog Ecma and OASIS are "international standards", but ISO is the international "Gold Standard". After the BRM [Ballot Resolution Meeting - in February 2008] there may be changes to it, so it is risky, and may not make commercial sense to implement...
[September 13, 2007, 9:31]
