23 April 2008
Participation in standards...
Just a quick note today. I am on the road meeting with MS people and later this week doing a bunch of external outreach work in South Africa as well. During the last few months there has been a good deal of rumblings about participation in committees, Read More...
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19 April 2008
IP, RAND, Standards, OSP, ISP - the conversation continues...
There have been numerous comments to my last blog posting, as well as a long response from Groklaw. Overall I am encouraged by the conversation as a whole because I think it is touching on some foundational issues. One of the most challenging aspects Read More...
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15 April 2008
More Open XML Discussion - more misunderstandings about standards and IP
There is much to talk about based on what has been happening in the discussion of Open XML these days. First, ISO has posted a FAQ about 29500. The approach taken in the FAQ is both direct and simplified. The rabbit hole on standards goes deep indeed, Read More...
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10 April 2008
Open XML - SC34 Maintenance Agreement
Throughout the months leading up to the BRM and then following it, there was discussion over the future maintenance of the specification. Rather than recapitulate the results of the last SC 34 meeting, let me just point you to Alex Brown's blog . For Read More...
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08 April 2008
Texas Legislature - Electronic Documents Hearing
On Wednesday April 9, the Texas House of Representatives Government Reform Committee will be hearing testimony regarding electronic documents. The notice for the hearing states that the committee is looking to hear about: Research, investigate, and make Read More...
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08 April 2008
More Protocol Documentation - Interop Principles Commitment
Just a quick note. MS is continuing to follow-through on the interop principles commitment made earlier this year. MS announced that >14,000 pages of preliminary documentation of client/server protocols has been posted to the web. The documentation Read More...
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07 April 2008
Open XML - Where The Rubber Meets The Road
After so much prognostication about standards in the abstract, it struck me today that it's worth taking a moment to look at Open XML through a different lens. Does it make a difference for people who are using it? Is it doing what it was supposed to Read More...
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04 April 2008
van den Beld Post & Participation - Open XML continued
The complaints keep rolling in on Groklaw about the outcome from Open XML. ***UPDATE #2: I went out to dinner and have been thinking a great deal about this. I do hold an opinion on this, but I think it is reasonable that people who read my blog expect Read More...
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01 April 2008
The Process Challenge - A Predictable Path
***Updated April 7, April 8*** In light of the approval of Open XML as an international standard (see the ISO press release here ), there are a few countries in which process issues are being raised. This blog post will act as repository of the challenges Read More...
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01 April 2008
IS29500 - Open XML Is An International Standard
ISO has distributed the results of the Open XML vote to national bodies (**UPDATED) resulting in leaked information - but now confirmed by ISO in a press release . DIS 29500 has become IS 29500. In regular person speak – Open XML was adopted as an international Read More...
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28 March 2008
Building Bridges to other XML-based Formats
I have repeatedly made the argument that it is bad logic that leads you to the conclusion that there should be only one document format. If you value innovation in document creation, and you want to see applications continue to advance rapidly, and you Read More...
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27 March 2008
Countries Are Saying Yes To Open XML
***Updated April 2*** - ISO has just confirmed the approval of IS 29500 in a press release . ***Updated end*** It has been a few days since I've had a chance to blog. I've been on the road and that tends to make it harder to find the time to put up posts. Read More...
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14 March 2008
United States Votes to Approve Open XML
The United States national body has voted to approve DIS 29500 with 11 votes "yes," 4 votes "no," 1 "abstain," and 1 "not yet". The 2/3 super-majority requirement was met. The next step for them is a resolution meeting later this month. Read More...
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14 March 2008
DIS 29500 Meets All JTC 1 IPR Requirements for Approval as an International Standard
The FUD machine from the anti-Open XML camp has been running on the high-octane fuel of the Software Freedom Law Center critique of the Microsoft OSP. While there is absolutely a debate to be had about the role that covenants not to sue or open specification Read More...
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11 March 2008
Applying the Interoperability Principles to Accessibility
As last week came to a close, I blogged about a few examples where Microsoft was applying the Interoperability Principles to its business. Much is being written about the role standards will play in the future of the software industry. It is important Read More...
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