23 August 2007  Microsoft Office Open XML and ISO fast-track
adoption  So ISO will vote on September 2 for or against the
Microsoft Office Open XML file format as a standard. What I
expect the result of this vote to be? I think the quote bellow
(followed by my own English translation) from the unofficial
position of the president of the Romanian committee is telling:
Motivele mele pt. a favoriza OOXML sunt de natura practica si
"ideologica", nu tehnica:  1. Sigur ca OOXML e un standard
atipic. Cum zic si IBM-ii (in critica lor), nu e "aspirational".
Dar are un scop "nobil", pe care-l salut: "decripteaza" binarul
(mai multor generatii de) documente Office. Fiind eu in bransa
patrimoniului, o sa ma intelegeti ca sunt sensibil la
prezervarea documentelor "legacy" (si migrarea este - pina la
noi ordine - metoda cea mai convenabila de prezervare). Dar
"transparentizarea" formatului intern al tonelor de fisiere
Office nu e utila doar "comunitatii arhivistilor". Ma gindesc si
la programatorii multor aplicatii care