[LINK] re: Australian consultation on proposed OOXML standard

[Marghanita da Cruz]

Christopher Vance wrote:
> I understand the problem to be that there are only two possible outcomes:
> 
> OOXML becomes an ISO standard, substantially as it is now
> 
> OOXML remains an ECMA standard, as it is, but fails to become an ISO standard

I don't think the second option is possible. And changes could be but seem not 
being proposed.

A no vote needs to be accompanied by enough stuff for the working group to 
consider and enable them to adapt the standard to obtain a yes vote.

> 
> Six questions to national standardisation bodies
> The following six questions relate to the application of the ECMA/MS-OOXML format to be accepted as an IEC/ISO standard. Unless a national standardisation body has conclusive answers to all of them, it should vote no in IEC/ISO and request that Microsoft incorporate its work on MS-OOXML into ISO/IEC 26300:2006 (Open Document Format).
<http://fsfeurope.org/documents/msooxml-questions>

Marghanita
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