Venezuela and India have appealed against the official ratification of Microsoft's Office Open XML document format, bringing the total number of protesting countries to four.
The International Organisation for Standardisation is expected to announce the results of an Open XML vote on Wednesday.
The official standardisation of Microsoft's Office Open XML (OOXML) document format could be delayed after a formal objection letter was lodged. The letter claimed that OOXML's approval process " harmed the reputations of both ISO and IEC.
A 13 to 1 vote has set the Portable Document Format (PDF) on a course to become ISO 32000 standard (DIS).
Now that Office Open XML (OOXML) has been certified as an ISO standard, there is a possibility that the vote leading to that result will be challenged. It seems Microsoft is already counting on it.
Developers wanting to use Microsoft's Office Open XML specification will need to brush up on their legal skills.
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