Monday October 16, 2006

ODF 1.1 standardization update

I've been getting asked this a bunch lately, so it seemed time for a general update on the process of ODF 1.1 standardization.

The OASIS Technical Committee for ODF is about halfway through the ballot process to make Committee Draft #3 of ODF 1.1 into the formal "OpenDocument v1.1 Committee Specification" (the voting period is from October 12 through October 19). Once that is completed (and assuming 2/3rds of those eligible to vote approve it), it will be submitted to OASIS overall, to make it an OASIS standard. OASIS voting opportunities occur once each month: candidate standards submitted by the 15th of one month are voted on in the second half of the following month. Thus, if on October 19th the OASIS ODF TC approves Committee Draft #3 as OpenDocument v1.1 Committee Specification, it could propose anytime before November 15th for OASIS to consider voting on ODF 1.1 as an OASIS standard, with a voting period in the second half of December. However, given the number of folks who are on vacation at that time, the more likely place to do this is a ballot in the second half of January, 2007 (in which case the ODF TC has until December 15th to put forth ODF 1.1 as a candidate for OASIS standardization). And in fact, this was the expectation coming out of the ODF TC Work meeting earlier today: TC submission to OASIS by December 15th for OASIS voting in January 2007. (2006-10-16 15:19:48.0) Permalink