Throughout history, our concept of a “document” has been everything from cuneiform writing on clay tablets to quill etchings on parchment to the multi-font typing of an IBM Selectric typewriter. Even today, at the dawn of the 21st century, the popular concept of a document is still something you create in a word processor […]

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There has been a lot of discussion in forums around the world regarding the current ISO review. And the hubbub seems to be growing as the September 2nd deadline for the technical review of the specification draws ever nearer. In a lot of the discussions I both see and hear about, I am […]

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Yesterday, Microsoft announced that it had voted in support of adding the Open Document Format (ODF) 1.0 to the American National Standards List, thereby making ODF a non-exclusive national standard of the United States. This is a typical move by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) to make national standards from ISO-adopted specifications.

Microsoft’s actions, […]

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