Posted on Wednesday, April 30th, 2008 at 1:59 pm
Office Open XML is an ISO Standard: Now What?
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After a document appeared on Tuesday showing that Office Open XML (OOXML) gained enough votes to be ratified as an ISO standard, Microsoft on Tuesday confirmed the result.
The company’s bid–started in 2005–to make the Open XML file formats international standards has succeeded, barring any last-minute changes. The ISO (International Organization for Standardization) is scheduled to issue the official communiqué on Wednesday.
Once final, ISO/IEC certification means that development of the specification, officially called Draft International Standard (DIS) 29500, will be done by members of the ISO, an international organization with representatives from over 100 countries.
On a technical level, changes proposed during the standardization process will need to be incorporated into Open XML, which is now the default document format in Microsoft Office 2007.
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