[LINK] Office 'Open' XML

[Brendan Scott]

Howard Lowndes wrote:
> Don't hold you breath until ISO declares it so.

http://www.iso.org/iso/pressrelease.htm?refid=Ref1070

A ballot on whether to publish the draft standard ISO/IEC DIS 29500, Information technology ? Office Open XML file formats, as an International Standard by ISO (International Organization for Standardization) and IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission) has not achieved the required number of votes for approval.