[odf-discuss] A bit more detailed explanation of the AFNOR position

[Lars Noodén]

marbux wrote:
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Interesting that MS has been able to get AFNOR to help derail work on
open standards for office documents.

I'd be curious to know which "experts" ANFOR refers to when making the
claim that "experts have shown that a convergence is feasible between
OOXML and the ODF format"

MSOOXML is still largely unfinished, unpublished, and unimplementable by
third parties.  Thus, MSOOXML is still a moving target.

Until such time as it is finished and published to an extent that a
third party can implement it, any work with it at the international
level serves no other purpose but to waste limited time and resources,
and to cause delay.  The latter is probably the primary goal.

Anyway, the time for radical changes to ODF (now ISO/IEC 26300)
was back during the first years.  Better to focus on UOF and drop
time-wasters like MSOOXML.  Regardless of how much time AFNOR hopes to
waste, and drag others into wasting, on MS OOXML, hope that while doing
so, that they at least move ahead on deploying ISO/IEC 26300.

Regards,
-Lars