Microsoft's Office Open XML hits ISO speed bump

Vikingod · Feb 8, 2007, 01:41 AM

Source: PC Pro
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Microsoft's bid to have its Office Open XML (OOXML) file format for Office fast tracked through the ISO standardisation process has hit a withering speed bump.

Already approved by the European Computer Manufacturers' Association (ECMA), Microsoft had wanted to use the ISO's fast-track process for approving standards already ratified by other bodies to smooth the way. However, no fewer than 19 nations have now raised 'contradictions' to OOXML. This will add a further three months to the process and the possibility that it might not make it as an ISO standard at all.

Feb 8, 2007, 01:41 AM	#1
Vikingod Int'l Fish Liaison Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: By the light of lamp I sit and type... Posts: 16,197 Rep Power: 112 System Specs	Microsoft's Office Open XML hits ISO speed bump Source: PC Pro _____________ Microsoft's bid to have its Office Open XML (OOXML) file format for Office fast tracked through the ISO standardisation process has hit a withering speed bump. Already approved by the European Computer Manufacturers' Association (ECMA), Microsoft had wanted to use the ISO's fast-track process for approving standards already ratified by other bodies to smooth the way. However, no fewer than 19 nations have now raised 'contradictions' to OOXML. This will add a further three months to the process and the possibility that it might not make it as an ISO standard at all.