Microsoft's Open XML Format Hits Standardization Speed Bump

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*Source: BetaNews (http://www.betanews.com/article/Micr...p/1184698697)*
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Microsoft's Office Open XML format, which were introduced in Office 2007 and already certified (http://www.betanews.com/article/Offi..._No/1165528807) by European standards body Ecma International, hit a speed bump Friday on its "Fast Track" process to become a worldwide ISO standard.

A technical committee called V1 established by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) to submit a recommendation on the format to the INCITS Executive Board, which decides the official United States position on proposed standards, failed to reach a consensus before its July 17 deadline.

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