ConsortiumInfo: OpenDocument Approved by ISO/IEC Members

“The six month voting window for ISO/IEC adoption of the OASIS
OpenDocument Format (ODF) standard closed on May 1, and at midnight
(Geneva time) last night it was announced internally that ODF had
been approved by the ISO members eligible and interested in casting
a vote. The vote passed with broad participation and no negative
votes (there were a few abstentions), and ODF is now ISO/IEC 26300.
While there are still some procedural steps internal to ISO/IEC
that are required before the official text of the standard will be
finalized and issued, these steps are formalities rather than
gating factors.

“With adoption of ODF by ISO/IEC now assured, software that
implements the standard will now become more attractive to those
European and other government purchasers for whom global adoption
by ISO/IEC is either desirable, or required…”

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