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Office Open XML becomes ISO standard


By David Worthington
April 2, 2008 —  (Page 1 of 4)
After months of politicking by partisans for and against its acceptance, the fight is now over: Office Open XML (OOXML) has been certified as an ISO International standard. Although some are skeptical of the outcome, with claims made of chicanery and strong-arm tactics, the matter appears settled.

The ISO confirmed today that OOXML had gained sufficient support from ISO voting members and “P-members” that participated in the technical committee to reverse the results of last September’s ballot rejecting its so-called “fast track” standardization.

National standards bodies were given a 30-day period in which to reconsider their votes after a Feb. 29 ballot resolution meeting concluded without a consensus on how to modify the specification to satisfy objections that were registered in the September vote.

Approval required that a minimum of two-thirds of votes cast by P-members were positive and no more than one-quarter of the total national body votes were negative. Those criteria were met with 75% of participating members voting to approve and only 14% of national member body votes voting against its adoption as an international standard.

Last Friday, Denmark reversed its previous disapproval and decided to back the format. Croatia, Germany, Norway, the Philippines, Poland and the United Kingdom likewise moved to support its standardization.

Other national standards bodies, including Australia, failed to take a position for or against its adoption. Australia maintained its “Abstain” vote, citing a lack of consensus among its delegation. France shifted its vote from “No” to “Abstain,” which contributed to OOXML’s passage.

The ISO has designated OOXML as ISO/IEC draft international standard 29500, and the ISO/IEC Joint Technical Committee 1 Subcommittee 34, the body responsible for document description and processing languages standards, will oversee it going forward.

The committee meets twice a year, and the next meeting will take place this month in Oslo, Norway. Tom Robertson, general manager of interoperability and standards at Microsoft, said that the committee would likely use the occasion to set up a working group for OOXML maintenance.

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