What about Italian vote after BRM?

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I have written and published some thoughts on what should be the Italian position, and that of the other MBs, after the published proposals from ECMA

What about Italian vote after BRM?

Carlo Piana 25 Jan 2008 10:21

I have written and published some thoughts on what should be the Italian position, and that of the other MBs, after the published proposals from ECMA.

See it at http://www.piana.eu/?q=en/disposition_comments

Basically I comment that after ECMA proposed changes there is no reason to keep a fast track procedure. In addition, comments on legal terms and conditions and on reference implementation/conformance tests have been plainly disregarded or postponed to an indefinite future, which is also a sound reason to vote disapproval.

Last edited on 25 Jan 2008 11:13 by Carlo Piana Show more

Re: What about Italian vote after BRM?

stegu 25 Jan 2008 13:58

Good points, I hope the Italian committee will agree with you. This has certainly been a very, very strange and thwarted process where every rule in the book has been bent to its breaking point. I say enough of this already, go back and do it right, and let ISO spend its efforts on accepting standards which are well written and has at least one proper reference implementation, not badly designed, half-baked specifications of vaporware like OOXML. If a standard needs so much fixing it requires 2500 pages of amended comments, it is a clear sign that it was not written with enough care to deserve a fast-track handling in the first place. This is still not a finished standard, it needs to be taken back to the drawing board, be worked on quite a lot more and then be properly resubmitted.