Reform or not reform?

Summary:

ISO and other standards bodies did not learn from the OOXML debate. Reform of ISO is pending to allow more fast tracked standards from ECMA. Procurement of OOXML might be illegal in Europe.

Reform or not reform?

zoobab 23 Jun 2010 15:50

ISO and other standards bodies did not learn from the OOXML debate. Reform of ISO is pending to allow more fast tracked standards from ECMA.

I doubt reform is possible.

Others might have a different opinion:

Thomas Vinje, the lawyer of ECIS, raised the issue at the recent OpenForumEurope (OFE) Summit (the one where Neelie Kroes praised "open" standards) of compatibility of the OOXML ISO specification with the procurement directive, which forbids product naming and platform dependencies. This is indeed an interesting question that needs to be investigated. Does OOXML still has platform dependencies? If yes, what would happen if the specification is required in a public tender?

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Re: Reform or not reform?

arebenti 27 Jun 2010 14:02

As far as I can see the ISO/IEC format is not implemented. According to
http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/it-business/services-sourcing/news/index.cfm?newsid=20517
implementation will depend on customer demands.

It seems better to make up your mind about the future of Opendocument and how to improve interoperability of implementations.