OpenISO.org

OpenISO.org Review of OOXML

It is expected that what ISO/IEC JTC1 will publish as their IS 29500 standard will differ significantly from the specification which is currently available as the Ecma-376 specification.

If ISO/IEC JTC1 decides to go forward with publication of their planned standard, OpenISO.org intends to review this revised specification from the perspective of OpenISO.org's criteria.

This work will commence soon after the revised standard document is made publicly available.

Long-term vision for OpenISO.org

The vision of OpenISO.org is to become a truly open international standards organization. In particular, Contact: Norbert Bollow, nb@bollow.ch

If you're interested in participating, please subscribe to the discuss@OpenISO.org discussion mailing list

OpenISO.org will focus initially on collecting and reviewing the criticism of MS-OOXML as well as on conducting a survey of the most important standards for communicating and conducting business transactions over the internet.


Note: Inspiration from Groklaw, lamlaw and from this slashdot comment is gratefully acknowledged.