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Brazil, S Africa, India Appeal OOXML Vote
Techtree News Staff, Jun 02, 2008 1323 hrs ISTBoth participants and observers have criticized the so-called fast track process leading up to the March 29 vote.
The Joint Technical Committee 1 of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Electro-technical Commission (IEC) adopted Microsoft's Open XML (OOXML) file format as standard in a vote that closed March 29.
A couple of months since, and Brazil, India, and South Africa have now appealed the decision to make the OOXML format an internationally-recognized standard for electronic documents.
The reasons for filing appeals are the same across the board. Both participants and observers have criticized the so-called fast track process leading up to the March 29 vote. During that process, the draft standard was rejected in an initial vote saying it needed further work, which made a ballot resolution meeting (BRM) imperative.
The BRM for OOXML happened in February, wherein delegates had just five days to deal with more than 1,000 editorial changes and technical criticisms. Furthermore, the meeting saw several changes being put to vote sans discussion; the final version has still not been circulated to national standards bodies. The rushed meeting and the delayed publication seem to be common ground for discontent, for filing appeals.
The ISO and the IEC each have one month to examine the appeals (Brazil, India, South Africa) and try and reach a consensus with the national standards bodies. Failing which, the appeals will be passed on to the Standards Management Board at IEC, and the Technical Management Board at ISO for resolution.
A couple of months since, and Brazil, India, and South Africa have now appealed the decision to make the OOXML format an internationally-recognized standard for electronic documents.
The reasons for filing appeals are the same across the board. Both participants and observers have criticized the so-called fast track process leading up to the March 29 vote. During that process, the draft standard was rejected in an initial vote saying it needed further work, which made a ballot resolution meeting (BRM) imperative.
The BRM for OOXML happened in February, wherein delegates had just five days to deal with more than 1,000 editorial changes and technical criticisms. Furthermore, the meeting saw several changes being put to vote sans discussion; the final version has still not been circulated to national standards bodies. The rushed meeting and the delayed publication seem to be common ground for discontent, for filing appeals.
The ISO and the IEC each have one month to examine the appeals (Brazil, India, South Africa) and try and reach a consensus with the national standards bodies. Failing which, the appeals will be passed on to the Standards Management Board at IEC, and the Technical Management Board at ISO for resolution.
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