SC34 meeting in London will discuss OOXML (non-)future

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The next ISO SC34 meeting in London will discuss OOXML (non-)future. The meeting will be hosted by the British Library, an ECMA member, supporter of OOXML and advised by Alex Brown.

SC34 meeting in London will discuss OOXML (non-)future

zoobab 02 Jul 2008 07:55

The next ISO SC34 meeting in London will discuss OOXML (non-)future. The meeting will be hosted by the British Library, an ECMA member, OOXML supporter and advised by Alex Brown:

Draft Agenda for the meeting of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 34/Ad hoc 1
on ISO/IEC 29500 Maintenance
Meeting venue:
British Library Conference Centre,
96 Euston Road
NW1 2DB, London, UK.
http://www.bl.uk/leiths/conference.html

Meeting dates: 2008-07-21/22

Meeting hours: 09:00-17:00 on both days

1. Opening of the meeting (9:00 a.m.)
2. Roll Call of Participants
3. Adoption of Agenda
4. Discussion of ISO/IEC 29500 maintenance procedures
5. Any other business
6. Closure

Let's see what will happen during this meeting, as the final draft of the specification is not yet available. Some rumors says it is out inside ISO JTC1.

Last edited on 02 Jul 2008 11:58 by zoobab Show more

Re: SC34 meeting in London will discuss OOXML (non-)future

Alex Brown 02 Jul 2008 09:05

To be clear:

• This meeting is of an advisory group to discuss maintenance procedures for any ISO/IEC 29500 (should it be approved); no text is necessary for that work;
• No work on 29500 itself is in scope for this group (and in any case would not be possible while that project is under appeal);
• Any plans the group makes are entirely provisional on the outcome of the appeals;
• Only nominated NB representatives may attend - I would not want other people wasting their money travelling to London only to find they could not.

Also, sadly, The British Library is not currently a client of my company. The position you link to is a voluntary one which I was nominated for as a representative of publishers, in recognition of my expertise in digital publishing. Not that I would expect you lot to let the truth get in the way of a good smear!

- Alex.

Re: SC34 meeting in London will discuss OOXML (non-)future

zoobab 02 Jul 2008 11:59

@Alex Brown

I have corrected the 'client' by 'advised by'.

Re: SC34 meeting in London will discuss OOXML (non-)future

stegu 02 Jul 2008 18:39

Not that I would expect you lot to let the truth get in the way of a good smear!

Please count me out of that "you lot", Alex. I am very careful with the truth,
and I strongly advise everybody to be polite and truthful when posting here.
Smear campaigns are not what we should do, let's leave that to Microsoft.

/Stefan

Re: SC34 meeting in London will discuss OOXML (non-)future

arebenti 03 Jul 2008 10:03

"Alex Brown is convenor of the ISO/IEC DIS 29500 Ballot Resolution Process, and has recently been elected to the panel to advise the British Library on how to handle digital submission of journal articles."

Re: SC34 meeting in London will discuss OOXML (non-)future

arebenti 03 Jul 2008 09:36

23 July is an ECMA OOXML meeting.

Re: SC34 meeting in London will discuss OOXML (non-)future

zoobab 04 Jul 2008 10:49

The question is "who is scheduling their meeting in function of the other?"