Final OpenXML Approval Draft May be Postedd by Ecma on Monday
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| ODF was adopted by OASIS in May of 2005, and the voting window that
| resulted in ODF's approval by ISO, the International Organization for
| Standardization, closed on May 1of 2006. Given that the ISO process,
| from first submission to closure of the voting window takes 6 to 9
| months, this would mean that the earliest that OpenXML could achieve
| comparable status to ODF (assuming that both the Ecma and ISO
| memberships voted in favor of adoption) would be in May to August of 2007.
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| While adoption by Ecma is presumably assured, approval by ISO is
| less certain, according to some sources with whom I am in contact.
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