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<title>News - FSFE context briefing: Interoperability woes with MS-OOXML</title>
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2008-03-05 10:16:23 +00:00
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<h1>FSFE context briefing: Interoperability woes with MS-OOXML</h1>
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<p>FSFE has released a context briefing that highlights three examples of how
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the proposed MS-OOXML specification and its practical implementation in
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MS Office 2007 hinders interoperability, fosters vendor dependence and
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results in market distortion. The proposed MS-OOXML/DIS29500 specification
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continues to raise serious technical and legal concerns.</p>
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<p>At the recent ISO Ballot Resolution Meeting for the proposed specification
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more than 1,000 technical concerns and proposed dispositions required
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discussion. Participants were only able to discuss between 20 to 30
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dispositions and to accept approximately 200 minor editorial corrections
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2008-03-05 12:58:49 +00:00
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in the allocated time. Around 900 dispositions were not discussed.</p>
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2008-03-05 10:16:23 +00:00
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<p>"The standardisation process is being tested quite extensively by this," says
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Shane Coughlan, FSFE's legal coordinator. "It is important that standards are
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open and do not exclude anyone. Interoperability and access are not optional
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components of a fair digital society."</p>
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<p>FSFE's perspective is that there is only one reasonable response by national
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bodies: move DIS29500 out of the FastTrack process by voting "DISAPPROVE, with
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comments" and suggest methods of handling the proposed specification through
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the normal ISO process, ideally by convergence into ISO/IEC 26300, the Open
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Document Format (ODF).</p>
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<ul>
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2020-07-17 13:58:04 +00:00
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<li>Read the <a href="/activities/msooxml/msooxml-interoperability">context briefing</a> online.</li>
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<li>Download a <a href="/activities/msooxml/msooxml-interoperability.pdf">PDF copy</a> of the context briefing (1.3M)</li>
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<p>About the Free Software Foundation Europe:</p>
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<p class="aboutfsfe">The Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) is a non-profit
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non-governmental organisation active in many European countries and
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involved in many global activities. Access to software determines
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participation in a digital society. To secure equal participation in
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the information age, as well as freedom of competition, the Free
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Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) pursues and is dedicated to the
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furthering of Free Software, defined by the freedoms to use, study,
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modify and copy. Founded in 2001, creating awareness for these issues,
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securing Free Software politically and legally, and giving people
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Freedom by supporting development of Free Software are central issues
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of the FSFE.</p>
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<p>Contact:</p>
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<address>You can reach the FSFE switchboard from:<br />
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Belgium: +32 2 747 03 57 ext 408<br />
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Germany: +49 700 373 38 76 73 ext 408<br />
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Sweden: +46 31 7802160 ext 408<br />
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Switzerland: +41 43 500 03 66 ext 408<br />
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UK: +44 29 200 08 17 7 ext 408 </address>
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<address>Shane Coughlan, FTF Coordinator, FSFE extension: 408</address>
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<address>Further information: https://fsfe.org</address>
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