[odf-discuss] ISO confirms approval of OOXML, gives two months to appeal

[Carlos Moffat]

On Wed, 2008-04-02 at 09:26 -0400, Russell Ossendryver wrote:
> "Subject to there being no formal appeals from ISO/IEC national bodies
> in the next two months," the text of the standard will be published as
> ISO/IEC 29500, ISO said Wednesday.
> 
> If any national standards organizations do make appeals to JTC1, the
> Joint Technical Committee of ISO and the International
> Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) that worked on the draft, then
> Microsoft may have to wait several months longer while the appeal is
> heard, according to Section 11 of the ISO/IEC JTC1 Directives.
> 
> http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/040208-iso-confirms-approval-of-ooxml.html?fsrc=netflash-rss

Would an appeal under the WTO treaty on barriers for trade be an
argument for an appeal?

Cheers,
Carlos

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