Open XML Still Likely to Be Certified

“Last Friday’s news that Microsoft’s Office Open XML failed to
pass a letter ballot for recommendation by the Executive Board of
INCITS to the International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
without comments, was interpreted yet again by press sources as an
outright failure of the standard, and the end of the road for
global acceptance. But a check of comments posted by voting
members, and a re-read of what rules the INCITS group has posted,
says otherwise.

“The test which OOXML failed last week was whether it could be
recommended by the Board without any concerns being raised by
members, regardless of whether they approve or disapprove. BetaNews
has been told conflicting accounts of how the rules of INCITS
actually work…”

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