July 2007 - Posts

Following the rules in Portugal
31 July 07 09:28 AM
There has been a lot of discussion of the Portugal technical committee (TC173) in the last week, and Jason Matusow has a blog post that explains the details of what happened there . Many people are using the Portugal situation as an opportunity to repeat Read More...
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Open XML links for 07-26-2007
26 July 07 08:04 AM
We're having TechReady here in Seattle this week, which is a great chance to catch up with colleagues from around the world. It's also a very busy time, with sessions to be delivered and attended, other events that are taking place while everyone's here, Read More...
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Spinning the ISO process in the US
24 July 07 02:05 PM
The various members of INCITS here in the US have been busy the last two weeks, with the technical committee meeting on July 13 and then the executive board meeting last week. Many blogs have also been busy spinning these activities, with varying degrees Read More...
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INCITS Executive Board to vote on "Approval with comments"
19 July 07 10:28 PM
The INCITS executive board has been meeting this week, and today they decided to issue a ballot for "Approval with comments." They'll reach a decision within the executive board on this proposed position by mid-August, which allows plenty of time for Read More...
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US technical committee reaches deadlock
16 July 07 06:10 PM
Last Friday, the INCITS V1 technical committee had a meeting via teleconference to try to reach consensus on a position that we could recommend to the INCITS Executive Board regarding DIS 29500, the submission of Ecma 376 "Office Open XML" for consideration Read More...
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A frantic situation
10 July 07 12:46 PM
As the ISO standards process wends it way forward, it seems that the anti-Open XML lobbyists are working one another into a frenzy. The sheer drama of some of the things that have been written lately makes for rich comedic fodder. Let's take a look ... Read More...
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Open XML solution demonstration at WPC
09 July 07 02:30 PM
Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Conference is taking place this week in Denver, and John Peltonen of 3Sharp will be doing a demonstration of the Red Cross solution that they've built. As you can read on his blog , the presentation will be at 5:15pm Tuesday Read More...
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Home page changes and ISO dates
06 July 07 06:54 PM
I updated a few things here on the home page today, to get organized in anticipation of writing much more on my blog in July than I did in June. I've been on the road most of the time in recent months, but now I'm going to stay home for a while and participate Read More...
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Open XML links for 06-30-2007
02 July 07 01:56 PM
I've been too busy to post a list of Open XML links for a while, and a lot has been going on the last couple of weeks. So this post will be a wrap-up of all the links I've been meaning to blog about. INCITS V1 meeting. After Open XML workshops in San Read More...
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