Star ISO Rejects OOXML for 'Fast-Track Procedure'
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 4th Sep 2007 21:40 UTC, submitted by archiesteel
Features, Office Microsoft has failed in its attempt to have its Office Open XML document format fast-tracked straight to the status of an international standard by the International Organization for Standardization. The proposal must now be revised to take into account the negative comments made during the voting process. Microsoft expects that a second vote early next year will result in approval, it said Tuesday. That is by no means certain, however, given the objections raised by some national standards bodies.
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RE: Ok
by lemur2 on Tue 4th Sep 2007 23:10 UTC in reply to "Ok"
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Though I'm kind of curious why ODF wasn't rejected "with comments" as well, as it has it's own share of technical issues. Why couldn't they do that for ODF as well so the technical issues could be addressed, giving plenty of time for it to be approved on the "fast track" process.

Basically, no format as encompassing as an office suite format should be approved the first time around for iso status on the fast-track process. If it is, something is wrong.


ODF did not go through the "fast track" process. It went through the "Publicly Available Specification" (PAS) rules.

This is the story for ODF:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opendocument#Standardization

The OpenDocument standard was developed by a Technical Committee (TC) under the OASIS industry consortium. The ODF-TC has members from a diverse set of companies and individuals each with an equal vote. The standardization process involved the developers of many office suites or related document systems. The first official ODF-TC meeting to discuss the standard was December 16, 2002; OASIS approved OpenDocument as an OASIS Standard on May 1, 2005. OASIS submitted the ODF specification to ISO/IEC Joint Technical Committee 1 (JTC1) on November 16, 2005, under Publicly Available Specification (PAS) rules.

After a six-month review period, on May 3, 2006 OpenDocument unanimously passed its six-month DIS ballot in JTC1, with broad participation, after which the OpenDocument specification was "approved for release as an ISO and IEC International Standard" under the name ISO/IEC 26300:2006.

After responding to all written ballot comments, and a 30-day default ballot, the OpenDocument International Standard went to publication in ISO, officially published November 30, 2006.


It is a story of consensus and iterative development resulting in a collaborative work, rather than a story of manipulation and pushing and corruption and ballot-stuffing.

This is why ODF passed through ultimately with no "NO" votes.

Edited 2007-09-04 23:24

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