:ISO Takes Full Charge of Open XML, Sets Up 'Harmonization' Group
ISO Takes Full Charge of Open XML, Sets Up 'Harmonization' Group Apr 11, 2008, 14 :15 UTC (14 Talkback[s]) (6240 reads) (Other stories by Scott M. Fulton)
"We can't call it 'Office Open XML' anymore, because it no longer belongs to Microsoft Office exclusively. As of yesterday, International Organization for Standardization committee SC 34 passed a resolution that effectively assumes stewardship of Open XML, the document format standard originally produced by Microsoft, and which is now officially under new management.
"'The passage of ISO/IEC 29500 has instituted a new era of standards activity in SC 34 related to document formats,' reads the text of one of 20 resolutions considered by SC 34 this week, and whose passage was formally announced yesterday..."
