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OOXML Expert: ODF Standard Is Broken
News The International Organization for Standardization's OpenDocument Format standard is broken and needs to be mended, according to an expert who claims to have carried out tests on the format. Alex Brown, a document-format expert who is convenor of...
[May 2, 2008, 15:47]
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 Expert: ODF Flaws Remain
News Alex Brown has a problem," responded Rob Weir of IBM, who works on ODF at Oasis, the group that submitted ODF to ISO (the International Organization for Standardization). Alex Brown, a major contributor to the progress of the ODF's Microsoft-backed...
[May 6, 2008, 17:18]
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]
Microsoft Accused Of Rigging OOXML Votes
News Speaking to ZDNet.co.uk on Wednesday, Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) president Georg Greve said unprecedented numbers of Microsoft partner companies from several countries have joined standards organisations and have voted to approve the...
[August 30, 2007, 16:27]
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]
Microsoft Wins Battle For OOXML Approval
News The International Organization for Standardization has officially approved Microsoft's OOXML specification as a standard. Three-quarters of the "Principal Countries" involved in the vote gave their approval (at least two-thirds were needed) and...
[April 2, 2008, 8:32]
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]
Microsoft Office 2007 Fails OOXML Conformance Test
News Word documents generated by today's version of Microsoft Office 2007 do not conform to the Office Open XML standard under development by the International Organization for Standardization, according to tests run by a document standards specialist.
[April 21, 2008, 8:55]
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]
EC Investigating Microsoft Over OOXML
News On Wednesday, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) announced that OOXML had received enough for votes for it to be ratified as a standard. There was apparently intense lobbying by Microsoft, IBM and their partners to influence...
[April 3, 2008, 14:12]
3D Web Standards Move Closer
News The consortium plans to submit the specification to the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) in October. A group pushing for industry standards for 3D on the Web released its final working draft of a key specification, bringing the...
[July 24, 2002, 11:25]
OpenOffice May Support OOXML
News The specification for Office Open XML (OOXML, or Open XML), was officially passed as fit-for-purpose by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) on Wednesday, despite many allegations of improper practice in the voting process.
[April 2, 2008, 16:11]
OpenOffice.org Dismisses Pro-OOXML Report
News However, it is yet to be ratified by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), and its semi-successful passage through various nations' standards committees has been marred by accusations of voting irregularities.
[January 17, 2008, 11:28]
Strengths Of Open Source Opposing Microsoft Patent Threats
Blog Comment About organization: I assume that many people will have interest in appearing in the movie, testing the setup in loco, or sell something. It might have the business significance of an international sports event.
[June 5, 2007, 22:55]
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]
Can The URL Be Improved?
News The Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS) said it has formed a technical committee to work out how resources -- such as data and services -- can be placed and found on a network without their being tied to a...
[January 9, 2003, 9:04]
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]
Scots Warned Over .sc Domains
News A two-letter domain such as .uk would have to be agreed upon by the International Standards Organization (ISO), said Black. For everything Internet-related, from the latest legal and policy-related news, to domain name updates, see ZDNet UK's...
[March 21, 2002, 17:38]
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]
