[LINK] Noes from OOXML standards forum

[Janet Hawtin]

On 8/20/07, Glen Turner <gdt at gdt.id.au> wrote:

> My belief is that Standards Australia has already determined to vote
> "approve, with comments" -- effectively "publish as is, ignore the
> comments".
>
> Standards Australia is not an arm of government, so there is no
> mechanism such as a Freedom of Information request which can prove
> or disprove my belief.

How does the memorandum of understanding between the Commonwealth and
Standards Australia work? Surely with all such processes and
agreements there must be a way to evaluate whether the implementation
is structured in the national interest?

Janet