Bonum Certa Men Certa

OOXML Scandal, Part 1001: ISO/IEC 'Only' 6 Months Late, Still Secretive

ISO Sold Out to ECMA



A FEW DAYS after IBM protested [1, 2] against the abomination which is ISO/Microsoft (the latter had captured the former) there's some response but not in the form of a statement. That evidently-corruptible ISO is instead reminding people of what it calls "World Standards Day":



World Standards Day is celebrated each year on 14 October to pay tribute to the efforts of thousands of experts worldwide who collaborate within IEC, ISO and ITU to develop voluntary International Standards that facilitate trade, spread knowledge and disseminate technological advances.


OOXML on the trash canShown on the right is the man who, along with Microsoft, denied the endless manipulations involved. They care not for gruesome evidence but only for their own ever-sinking reputation. And over at Honeymoon Island, one can now see Patrick Durusau and his new friends from Microsoft, who might be having a jolly good time, and not for the first time, either.

More important, however, is the following leak, which reveals the official ISO circulation (still internal) of the ISO-OOXML specification. According to the directives, these specifications ought to have been circulated back in March, not the end of September.

So, magically enough, ISO can pass shoddy specifications in a matter of 6 months (fast track) but is still unable to pass a copy in less than 6 months. How come? 6 months late, available to members only? Appended below are those details of interest. Is ISO operating a stamping shop? More countries and companies should follow IBM's lead and let ISO dwindle in the darkness where it already operates anyway.




[jtc1sc34 57] Announcement of Document Availability (34i041)



P, O and L members of ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 34,

The following documents have been posted on the document repository of JTC 1/SC 34 at http://www.itscj.ipsj.or.jp/sc34/.

Announcement of Document Availability ================================================================== Committee: ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 34 ================================================================== Date of Posting: 2008-09-26 ================================================================== Issue Number: 42 ================================================================== Document Numbers: 1080 1081 1082 1083 ================================================================== Ballot Documents: none ================================================================== Document Register: http://lucia.itscj.ipsj.or.jp/itscj/servlets/ScmDoc10?Com_Id=34 ================================================================== Number: 1080 Replaces: -- Date: 2008-09-26 Type: Final Text Submitted for IS Publication Title: Final Text for ISO/IEC 29500-1, Information technology -- Document description and processing languages -- Office Open XML File Formats -- Part 1: Fundamentals and Markup Language Reference Due date: -- Source: Mr. Rex JAESCHKE - Project editor Project: JTC 1.34.29500.01 Status: This text has been submitted to ITTF for publication. It is circulated to the SC 34 members for information. Action ID: FYI Access: DEFINED http://www.itscj.ipsj.or.jp/sc34/def/1080c.htm ================================================================== Number: 1081 Replaces: -- Date: 2008-09-26 Type: Final Text Submitted for IS Publication Title: Final Text for ISO/IEC 29500-2, Information technology -- Document description and processing languages -- Office Open XML File Formats -- Part 2: Open Packaging Conventions Due date: -- Source: Mr. Rex JAESCHKE - Project editor Project: JTC 1.34.29500.02 Status: This text has been submitted to ITTF for publication. It is circulated to the SC 34 members for information. Action ID: FYI Access: DEFINED http://www.itscj.ipsj.or.jp/sc34/def/1081c.htm ================================================================== Number: 1082 Replaces: -- Date: 2008-09-26 Type: Final Text Submitted for IS Publication Title: Final Text for ISO/IEC 29500-3, Information technology -- Document description and processing languages -- Office Open XML File Formats -- Part 3: Markup Compatibility and Extensibility Due date: -- Source: Mr. Rex JAESCHKE - Project editor Project: JTC 1.34.29500.03 Status: This text has been submitted to ITTF for publication. It is circulated to the SC 34 members for information. Action ID: FYI Access: DEFINED http://www.itscj.ipsj.or.jp/sc34/def/1082c.htm ================================================================== Number: 1083 Replaces: -- Date: 2008-09-26 Type: Final Text Submitted for IS Publication Title: Final Text for ISO/IEC 29500-4, Information technology -- Document description and processing languages -- Office Open XML File Formats -- Part 4: Transitional Migration Features Due date: -- Source: Mr. Rex JAESCHKE - Project editor Project: JTC 1.34.29500.04 Status: This text has been submitted to ITTF for publication. It is circulated to the SC 34 members for information. Action ID: FYI Access: DEFINED http://www.itscj.ipsj.or.jp/sc34/def/1083c.htm ================================================================== ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 34 Secretariat: kimura@itscj.ipsj.or.jp ==================================================================

Recent Techrights' Posts

GNU/Linux Grows at Windows' Expense and Microsoft Trolls Infest and Maliciously Target Articles About It
Microsoft is - and has long been - organised crime
They Say I'm Mr. Bombastic
They didn't take good lawyers
 
Computers Got Smaller, So GNU/Linux Got Bigger
Many people here recognise the lack of urgency (or need) to get expensive new laptops
BetaNews is a Plagiarism and LLM Slop Hub, the Chief Editor Isn't Addressing This Problem Anymore
SS Fagioli is basically a parasite leeching off or exploiting other people's work
Links 09/06/2025: Chaos in Los Angeles and Hurricane Season
Links for the day
Links 09/06/2025: Windows TCO and Many Data Breaches
Links for the day
Abuse Inside the Polish Patent Office (UPRP) - Part VI: Political Stunts by Former President Edyta Demby-Siwek and the Connection to Profound Corruption at EUIPO
it's like a money-laundering operation where one politician rewards another at taxpayers' expense
Gemini Links 09/06/2025: Pipelines and Splitgate
Links for the day
Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Sunday, June 08, 2025
IRC logs for Sunday, June 08, 2025
Links 08/06/2025: Tiananmen Carnage Censorship Persists, North Korean Goes Offline
Links for the day
Gemini Links 08/06/2025: Love as an Ethnographic Method and Monitorix Gemini-Frontend v0.1
Links for the day
Links 08/06/2025: Exposure of More GAFAM Surveillance and Social Security Records Compromised
Links for the day
Linux Foundation is a Mediator for Microsoft et al, Not for Small Companies That Support Rather Than Attack the GPL
Many people still wrongly assume that because it is called "Linux Foundation", then it is pro-Linux and represents the same mindset
This Past Friday, Confirming What We Said All Along About Brett Wilson LLP: It's Shrinking, Has Considerable Debt, Loss of Net Assets Despite the Microsoft SLAPP Money
The documents only became publicly available less than 2 days ago
Some of the Many Reasons We Sued Microsofters for Harassment
perpetrators of harassment
For 20 Years Many People Were Sharecropping for Canonical's Oligarch, Now He's Deleting All Their Contributions
"Ubuntu has erased instead of archiving the trove of material at Ubuntu Forums"
There Was Always Too Much 'Crazy Stuff' Going on Around Freenode
What many IRC users lost sight of
Exposing Crime is Not a Crime (It Never Was)
In the eyes of rich and powerful people, those who speak about their crimes are the "criminals"
GNU/Linux Distros Abandoning Microsoft GitHub
Will curl be next to leave Microsoft GitHub?
Expect More XBox Mass Layoffs Soon If the Rumours Are True
From a Microsoft media operative
Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Saturday, June 07, 2025
IRC logs for Saturday, June 07, 2025
Europe Needs to Move Away From GAFAM; The Sooner, the Better
Europe - not just the EU - must abandon GAFAM as soon as possible
The Issue Isn't GNOME's Promotion of Diversity But GNOME Corruption, Abuse, Censorship, and Worse
So-called "Conservative" (republican, pro-Trump, bigoted) people want you to think the problem with GNOME is politics
When the News Sources Become Scarce and Increasingly Full of Polluted/Contaminated 'Content' (With LLM Slop and Slop Images)
Integrity matters
"Linux" Sites That Spew Out LLM Slop
We're lacking enough material for another "Slopwatch"
Abuse Inside the Polish Patent Office (UPRP) - Part V: Breaking the Law, Just Like EPO
We'll hopefully cover some of the pertinent details later this year
Links 08/06/2025: Security Lapses, CISA Cuts, and More
Links for the day
Gemini Links 07/06/2025: Mime Types and Geminisphere Introduction
Links for the day
Links 07/06/2025: Slop Companies Retain All Private Data, More Books Banned in the US
Links for the day
Gemini Links 07/06/2025: "A Monk's Guide to Happiness" and "Wireless Earbuds"
Links for the day
Links 07/06/2025: More Rumours of Mass Layoffs in Microsoft's XBox Division, New COVID Variant
Links for the day
Drug Addiction is a Real Problem, It Destroys Families
a rather sensitive matter
Abuse Inside the Polish Patent Office (UPRP) - Part IV: Political Scrutiny and Errors/Inconsistencies in Official Documents
When such organisations receive scrutiny they start focusing on cover-up and muzzling of facts (or crushing people who say the truth)
Over at Tux Machines...
GNU/Linux news for the past day
IRC Proceedings: Friday, June 06, 2025
IRC logs for Friday, June 06, 2025