March 2008 - Posts

Open XML Resources for Developers
31 March 08 03:20 PM
Like many people, I thought we'd know the official outcome of the DIS 29500 process today, but it looks like we won't hear the official results until after ISO has had a chance to run them by the national bodies who participated in the review of the specification, Read More...
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Proposed distractions from DIS29500
26 March 08 06:35 AM
Now that we're getting down to the final days of the DIS29500 standards process, it's interesting to see the tactics being used by those who have commercial interests that place them in opposition to this standard. Their tactics have changed quite a bit Read More...
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What's at stake?
24 March 08 12:25 PM
As we near the end of the standards process for DIS29500, the final positions of various countries are starting to become known. In the last week we've seen several countries announce their final positions, including the Approve position from the United Read More...
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Elephants have good memories
21 March 08 06:23 AM
My buddy Yoon Kit seems to be having a heck of a time remembering what happened in today's TC4 meeting , so I thought I'd try to help him out. My thoughts are a bit long for a comment on his post , so I'll put them here where I have room to stretch out Read More...
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An "open standards" meeting in Malaysia
20 March 08 10:36 PM
Man, what does a guy have to do to find a technical debate in Malaysia? I've spent 72 hours trying to do exactly that, and am now at the airport headed for home, having never found anyone who actually wanted to discuss any technical details of DIS29500 Read More...
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PIKOM meeting in Malaysia
19 March 08 11:41 PM
I'm in Malaysia this week for several meetings, including a briefing set up by PIKOM, a Malaysian ICT industry association and member of the TC4 technical committee and ISC-G in SIRIM, the Malaysian Standards body that is responsible for evaluating DIS29500. Read More...
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Open XML SDK roadmap
13 March 08 05:45 PM
After nine months of developer feedback on the Open XML SDK , we have some good news today: a roadmap for releasing the API. We have two versions coming: a version 1.0 that will be released in May, and then a version 2.0 that will be available as a CTP Read More...
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Catching up on non-controversial topics
10 March 08 07:27 PM
While taking a hiatus from Open XML blogging during the BRM, I fell far behind in covering news of interest to Open XML developers. I've certainly forgotten a few things already that I had hoped to cover, but before any more of it slips away I'd like Read More...
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US V1 technical committee votes to recommend Approval of DIS 29500
07 March 08 12:54 PM
I just got off a 3-hour call with my colleagues on the V1 technical committee, in which I and the other members of the US delegation to the BRM presented our thoughts on what happened at the BRM. Then we all voted on what to recommend to the INCITS Executive Read More...
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Confusion, corrections, observers, and O-members
07 March 08 08:55 AM
An article in Computerworld yesterday entitled "ISO officials, others dispute claims that Open XML meeting was flawed" includes reaction from Alex Brown to Andy Updegrove's blog post that appeared immediately after the conclusion of the BRM last Friday Read More...
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BRM results publicly available
06 March 08 10:45 AM
I see over on Alex Brown's blog that the results of the BRM are publicly available now. There are two documents available from the SC34 web site: Edited Notes of the Meeting (rough notes of the meeting, including resolutions, points raised in discussions, Read More...
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Being Heard: A Reasonable Man Speaks Out
05 March 08 10:04 AM
In just a couple of hours, I'll be on a call with my fellow members of INCITS V1, the technical committee that has been evaluating ISO/IEC DIS 29500 in the United States. The chair of that committee is Patrick Durusau, a man with a wealth of experience Read More...
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Failed Precondition
04 March 08 08:05 AM
I'm back in the office for the first time since the BRM, and I wanted to take a look at the various conversions on the blogs that have been discussing the BRM. I have no problems reading the threads on Jason's blog, Brian's blog, Oliver's blog, Tim Bray's Read More...
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Escape from Geneva
02 March 08 12:42 PM
Like many of the delegates who attended the BRM, I've found my return travel plans this weekend stymied by flight cancellations and delays. I showed up at the Geneva airport at 7:00AM Sunday morning, and when I saw the red flashing "Annule" next to my Read More...
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