ISO and IEC Reject OOXML Appeals

Aug 15, 2008, 17:40 (5 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Andy Updegrove)

"Under the ISO rules of process, this now paves the way for the as-adopted version of OOXML, now called IS0/IEC DIS 29500, Information technology - Office Open XML, to proceed to publication. That version is substantially different than the current implementation of OOXML in Office 2007, and its text has still not been publicly released by ISO/IEC."

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