It's official -- hopefully the industry can now move beyond the standards politics debate and get focused on the very significant opportunities presented by the shift to standards- and XML-based productivity application file formats (both ODF and Open XML).
Office Open XML file formats, has received the necessary number of votes for approval as an ISO/IEC International Standard.
Approval required at least 2/3 (i.e. 66.66 %) of the votes cast by national bodies participating in the joint technical committee ISO/IEC JTC 1, Information technology, to be positive; and no more than 1/4 (i.e. 25 %) of the total number of ISO/IEC national body votes cast to be negative. These criteria have now been met with 75 % of the JTC 1 participating member votes cast positive and 14 % of the total of national member body votes cast negative.
ISO - News - ISO/IEC DIS 29500 receives necessary votes for approval as an International Standard
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