Friday | 9 January, 2009

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    Australia to lead global working group on corporate IT governance 21/11/2008 11:22:00

    Australia will lead a new international working group to develop and harmonise international standards on corporate governance of IT.
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    ISO publishes Office Open XML specification 20/11/2008 07:37:00

    The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has published the specification for a Microsoft-created file format that caused bitter debate during its path to become an international standard.
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    IBM threatens to leave standards bodies 24/09/2008 08:30:00

    IBM is threatening to leave organizations that set standards for software interoperability because of concerns that their processes are not always fair.
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    Nations question ISO's merit following dropped OOXML appeals 03/09/2008 08:08:00

    Countries whose appeals were dismissed regarding the ISO/IEC's approval of Microsoft's OOXML as an international standard are questioning the judgment and relevance of the ISO/IEC and the standards they approve.
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    ISO, IEC reject appeals, approve OOXML spec 18/08/2008 02:31:00

    The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) have given the green light to publish the Microsoft-backed Office Open XML (OOXML) specification after organization leaders rejected appeals from four countries to protest the vote that approved OOXML as a standard.
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    ISO, IEC leaders recommend rejection of OOXML appeals 10/07/2008 08:46:01

    The leaders of the ISO and the IEC have recommended the rejection of appeals from four countries that protested a vote approving OOXML, an XML-based document format submitted by Microsoft as an international standard.
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    Microsoft answers interoperability concerns 18/06/2008 08:00:42

    The launch of Microsoft's new interoperability principles have been both cautiously welcomed and sceptically scrutinised as the company goes about convincing the IT industry that it is genuine in its pursuit to provide interoperability with rival products, more consumer choice, less vendor lock-in and greater collaboration with the open source community.
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    Microsoft releases first Open XML SDK 16/06/2008 08:19:46

    Microsoft has released the first finished version of the software development kit (SDK) for the Open XML Format, the default storage format for Microsoft Office 2007 and the basis for a standard that is currently awaiting publication by the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO).
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    Venezuela joins line appealing OOXML standard approval 03/06/2008 07:58:37

    Venezuela has joined the list of countries that have lodged appeals against the adoption of an international standard based on Microsoft's Office Open XML (OOXML) file format.
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    Microsoft's ODF support points to OOXML challenges 27/05/2008 08:33:26

    Microsoft's plan to include ODF support in its Office suite next year reflects continued challenges for the OOXML file format, as the industry moves ahead with adopting ODF and sorts out OOXML's troubles.
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    Microsoft to support ODF, PDF in Office next year 22/05/2008 08:13:16

    Microsoft is finally adding support for ODF (OpenDocument Format for Office Applications) and Adobe PDF (Portable Document Format) to its Office productivity suite, the company announced on Wednesday.
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