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Brazil Appeals ISO Ratification Of OOXML
News In a letter to ISO/IEC Joint Technical Committee 1 on Thursday, Associação Brasileira de Normas Técnicas (ABNT), the ISO national body representing Brazil, filed an appeal against the approval of Office Open XML (OOXML) as an International...
[May 30, 2008, 15:03]
Microsoft Makes Last-gasp OOXML Push
News After its first attempt to have Office Open XML (OOXML) approved as an International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standard failed in September, the software giant has spared no expense to ensure that it succeeds at the ballot resolution...
[January 29, 2008, 7:57]
Critics Brand OOXML A Microsoft 'marketing Tool'
News Tim Bray, the writer of XML, wrote in his blog on Thursday that Microsoft pushed for its Office Open XML (OOXML) standard to be accredited by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) so that the software giant could use the...
[April 18, 2008, 17:00]
Microsoft Publishes Office Specs In OOXML Push
News The binaries were published in response to concerns among national bodies voting whether or not to ratify OOXML as an International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standard, according to Microsoft Office program manager Brian Jones.
[February 18, 2008, 14:04]
Microsoft Office 2007 Fails OOXML Conformance Test
News In a blog posting this week, Alex Brown, leader of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) group in charge of maintaining the Office Open XML (OOXML) standard, revealed that Microsoft Office 2007 documents do not meet the latest...
[April 21, 2008, 8:55]
ISO Rejects National Bodies' Appeals Against OOXML
News The appeals were made by South Africa, Brazil, India and Venezuela, and generally centred on perceived improprieties in the Office Open XML (OOXML) voting process, along with unresolved technical issues.
[August 18, 2008, 14:18]
OOXML Expert: ODF Standard Is Broken
News Alex Brown, a document-format expert who is convenor of the process to standardise Office Open XML (OOXML), posted a blog this week reporting the results of tests which he claims reveal that OpenOffice documents do not conform to the International...
[May 2, 2008, 15:47]
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'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). OOXML, used within Microsoft Office, has been...
[March 4, 2008, 15:21]
OOXML Approval System Open To Abuse
Leader From India, complaints that "we didn't oppose ODF, so why are you opposing OOXML? Whether or not OOXML is a good candidate for an open standard is beside the point: there is prima facie evidence of voting in bad faith, without proper consideration...
[August 30, 2007, 17:53]
Brazil Says 'no' To Office Open XML
News It insists that OOXML, having gained certification from standards organisation Ecma International, is now an Ecma concern, and no longer a proprietary standard. However, the Brazilian Technical Standards Organization (ABNT), which is one of the 55...
[August 24, 2007, 16:35]
Standards Expert Defends OOXML Fast-track Bid
News Singapore gave its support for OOXML. Notwithstanding the outcome of the final ISO vote on OOXML, expected at the end of March, van den Beld said the battle between the Microsoft standard and ODF will continue.
[March 25, 2008, 11:51]
Sun Offers ODF Translator For Microsoft Office
News Microsoft's OOXML standard was adopted by Ecma International in December 2006. The format is a direct rival to Microsoft's Open XML (OOXML) format. ODF was made an official standard by the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information...
[February 8, 2007, 8:53]
Microsoft Wins Battle For OOXML Approval
News The International Organization for Standardization has officially approved Microsoft's OOXML specification as a standard. In the letter, he claimed that 80 percent of the committee had been against the OOXML standard being passed — Norway...
[April 2, 2008, 8:32]
BSI Silent On OOXML Vote Result
News OOXML [Office Open XML] as an international standard". SC34, a sub-committee of JTC1, is the part of the ISO that will deal with whether OOXML will become an international standard. ZDNet.co.uk understands that, in the fast-track process to approve...
[September 4, 2007, 10:13]
UK May Make Last-minute U-turn On OOXML
News A technical group formed to make a recommendation to the BSI's policy panel has voted five-to-one in favour of OOXML being accepted as an international standard, a source close to the process has told ZDNet.co.uk.
[March 27, 2008, 16:51]
Websites Claim To Host Leaked OOXML Results
News Documents purporting to be leaked results of the OOXML vote have been posted on the internet. Office Open XML (OOXML) is Microsoft's "open" document specification, in competition with the OpenDocument Format (ODF) being promoted by the open-source...
[April 1, 2008, 16:44]
OOXML Ratification Faces Delay After Objection
News The letter goes on to claim that OOXML's approval process "has harmed the reputations of both ISO and IEC [the International Electrotechnical Commission] and brought the processes enshrined in the directives into disrepute, and that this negative...
[May 27, 2008, 13:54]
Venezuela And India Appeal OOXML Ratification
News Joining Brazil and South Africa in appealing against OOXML being adopted as an International Organization for Standardization and International Electrotechnical Commission (ISO/IEC) standard, the two countries sent their appeals before the Sunday...
[June 2, 2008, 13:43]
Final Deadline Looms In OOXML Vote
News The specification is still short of the two-thirds majority required in a vote of national standards bodies on whether to approve Office Open XML (OOXML) as an International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standard.
[March 26, 2008, 14:28]
