[dsdl-discuss] Re: OOXML ballot

Martin, all,
 
I don't believe is was ever JTC 1's intention to halt the process at this point unless the vote was much more overwhelmingly negative (though one - of the many - readings of the Directive could support that view).
 
ISO's own press release says on the ballot result:
 
"Comments that accompanied the votes will be discussed at a ballot resolution meeting (BRM) to be organized by the relevant subcommittee of ISO/IEC JTC 1 (SC 34, Document description and processing languages) in February 2008 in Geneva, Switzerland."
 
http://www.iso.org/iso/pressrelease.htm?refid=Ref1070
 
Though I thought the call on this was meant to be up to our SC34 secretariat.
 
I bet it kind of makes you wish you weren't retiring .... ;-)
 
- Alex.

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From: dsdl-discuss-bounce@dsdl.org on behalf of Martin Bryan
Sent: Tue 2007-09-04 19:24
To: dsdl-discuss@dsdl.org
Subject: [dsdl-discuss] OOXML ballot

Somewhat surprisingly the OOXML ballot failed:

P-Members voting: 17 in favour out of 32 = 53.12% (requirement >= 66.66%)

Disapproved

Seems you won't be invited to Geneva in February - better plan next year's
skiing holiday somewhere else!

Martin

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