[linux-l] OOXML Stand der Dinge

[Peter Ross]

Hi all,

die Abstimmung war negativ, so dass _erst einmal_ der Standard verworfen 
wurde. Es gibt aber noch eine Hintertuer (siehe unten). Und ich wette, da 
wird noch ein bisschen Lobbyarbeit betrieben!

Gruss
Peter

http://www.iso.org/iso/pressrelease.htm?refid=Ref1070

Vote closes on draft ISO/IEC DIS 29500 standard

A ballot on whether to publish the draft standard ISO/IEC DIS 29500, 
Information technology Office Open XML file formats, as an 
International Standard by ISO (International Organization for 
Standardization) and IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission) has 
not achieved the required number of votes for approval.

The five-month ballot process ended on 2 September and was open to the IEC 
and ISO national member bodies from 104 countries, including 41 that are 
participating members of the joint ISO/IEC technical committee, JTC 1, 
Information technology.

Approval requires at least 2/3 (i.e. 66.66 %) of the votes cast by 
national bodies participating in ISO/IEC JTC 1 to be positive; and no more 
than 1/4 (i.e. 25 %) of the total number of national body votes cast 
negative. Neither of these criteria were achieved, with 53 % of votes cast 
by national bodies participating in ISO/IEC JTC 1 being positive and 26 % 
of national votes cast being negative.

Hier die Hintertuer:

Comments that accompanied the votes will be discussed at a ballot 
resolution meeting (BRM) to be organized by the relevant subcommittee of 
ISO/IEC JTC 1 (SC 34, Document description and processing languages) in 
February 2008 in Geneva, Switzerland.

The objective of the meeting will be to review and seek consensus on 
possible modifications to the document in light of the comments received 
along with the votes. If the proposed modifications are such that national 
bodies then wish to withdraw their negative votes, and the above 
acceptance criteria are then met, the standard may proceed to publication.

Otherwise, the proposal will have failed and this fast-track procedure 
will be terminated. This would not preclude subsequent re-submission under 
the normal ISO/IEC standards development rules.