Tag Archives: openxml

Well, vacations can be fun but at some point the holiday has to end and you have to return to work… I’m sat here trying to catch up on everything from over the last two weeks. For the first time … Continue reading →

As we know, last Wednesday ISO/IEC announced that DIS29500 had gained enough votes for it to pass the ratification process and become IS29500. The last week has been a quiet one for me personally, I have spent most of it … Continue reading →

ISO/IEC have now posted their press release, click this link for the full text. ISO/IEC DIS 29500, Information technology – Office Open XML file formats, has received the necessary number of votes for approval as an ISO/IEC International Standard. Approval required … Continue reading →

A press release from Ecma International, the organization who submitted DIS29500 to ISO, is now up on the web all but confirming the information that was widely leaked on the Internet yesterday. You’ll find the full statement by following this … Continue reading →

Looking at the results from the ISO that seem to be poping up all over the web it appears that DIS29500 has now become a fully ratified as an ISO standard. I’m sure that my colleagues will talk at length … Continue reading →

In religion and politics, people’s beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second hand, and without examination.  – Mark Twain While people have been waiting for the official results from ISO the blogosphere has been buzzing with … Continue reading →

Reuters is reporting that we’ll have to wait another day before we see the final outcome of the DIS29500 ballot from ISO, the reason given seems pretty rational when you consider the level of the noise in the blogosphere at … Continue reading →

My colleague Good Hyun in South Korea has posted a story from Korea’s Electronic Times who are reporting that KATS have voted to APPROVE DIS29500. His english translation of the text of the story reads; Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS) … Continue reading →

Well, we’re only a few days away from the close of the process to standardize OpenXML with the International Standards Organization. I have been travelling and meeting with various folks over the last few weeks, not surprisingly every meeting seems … Continue reading →