OOXML’s Fast Track to ISO Standardization a Minefield (SYS-CON Media)
OOXML’s Fast Track to ISO Standardization a Minefield (SYS-CON Media)
V1, the subcommittee advising the International Committee for Information Technology Standards (INCITS) on formats, has failed by a tantalizing two votes to endorse Microsoft’s Office Open XML (OOXML) format, already standardized by ECMA, as fit for ISO standardardization even though Microsoft reportedly packed V1 with its friends in anticipation of the vote last week. Despite the fact that V1 …