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Mittwoch August 22, 2007

Germany / DIN votes "yes with comments"
As can be read in this German press release just issued by DIN (the German national standard body), the German SC34 mirror committee voted "yes with comments" as part of the ISO standardization process of Microsoft Office Open XML. Unfortunately, due to the DIN rules I'm not allowed to disclose details about the discussions (which I personally believe is strange for a standards organization in a democratic country, because the German citizens can't easily find out and follow how the standards are being defined and approved that ultimately might affect how their tax money will be spent or what standards and standard implementations they have to use). Nevertheless, the press release by DIN includes a piece of important information, i.e. that dozens of pages of technical improvement suggestions had been generated. However, the vote resulted in a "yes with comments" which means that the technical comments can be ignored. A "no with comments" which is suggested by ISO for "conditional approvals" did not win the vote.
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