South Africa Appeals OOXML Adoption
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South Africa has filed a formal appeal with both ISO and IEC, challenging the Fast Track adoption of OOXML. I have received a signed copy of the letter sent to each of ISO and IEC, signed by Mr. M Kuscus, Chief Executive Officer of SABS.
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The letter includes both specific grounds under the applicable Directives, as well as "deep concern over the increasing tendency of international organizations to use the JTC 1 processes to circumvent the consensus-building process that is the cornerstone to the success and international acceptance of ISO and IEC standards." The letter concludes, "It is our opinion that the process followed during all states of the fast track has harmed the reputations of both ISO and IEC and brought the processes enshrined in the Directives into disrepute, and that this negative publicity has, in turn, also harmed the reputations of all member bodies of ISO and the IEC." With the implementation of the ISO version of OOXML in Office now postponed to the indefinite future (and therefore, presumably, its implementation by any other vendor as well), the formal post mortem on the process that hatched this orphan standard now begins.
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