Microsoft's Open XML format advances in ISO
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Microsoft's Office Open XML format moved a step closer to becoming an ISO standard on April 2, when it was opened up for five months of technical review and balloting, which ends Sept. 2.
This is the latest in a string of developments over the past four months, which started when the Office Open XML format was approved as an Ecma standard last December.
Ecma International then began the fast-track process for the adoption of the Office Open XML format as an International Standards Organization standard in January 2007, which was followed by a contradiction period, during which ISO members had 30 days to submit contradictions or objections to the format.