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Published: Monday, April 14, 2008 - 21:00 Approval required at least two-thirds of the votes cast by national bodies participating in the joint technical committee ISO/IEC JTC 1—“Information technology,” to be positive, and no more than one-fourth of the total number of votes to be negative. These criteria have now been met—75 percent of the JTC 1 participating members cast positive votes, and 14 percent of the total of national member body cast negative votes. ISO/IEC DIS 29500 was originally disapproved in the “fast-track vote” that ended in September 2007. However, under the rules of ISO/IEC JTC 1, the draft international standard (DIS) vote was followed by a ballot resolution meeting (BRM) at which the comments were addressed. After the meeting, the ISO/IEC national bodies had 30 days to modify their votes. The BRM was held in Geneva during February 2008. The issues addressed and revised have resulted in sufficient national bodies withdrawing their earlier disapproval votes, or transforming them into positive votes, so that the criteria for approval of the document as an international standard have now been met. Subject to there being no formal appeals from ISO/IEC national bodies in the next two months, the international standard will proceed to publication. ISO/IEC DIS 29500 was originally developed as the Office Open XML Specification by Microsoft Corporation, which submitted it to Ecma International, an information technology industry association, for transposing into an ECMA standard. Following a process in which other IT industry players participated, Ecma International published the document as ECMA standard 376. For more information, visit www.iso.org/iso/pressrelease.htm?refid=Ref1123. Quality Digest does not charge readers for its content. We believe that industry news is important for you to do your job, and Quality Digest supports businesses of all types. However, someone has to pay for this content. And that’s where advertising comes in. Most people consider ads a nuisance, but they do serve a useful function besides allowing media companies to stay afloat. They keep you aware of new products and services relevant to your industry. All ads in Quality Digest apply directly to products and services that most of our readers need. You won’t see automobile or health supplement ads. So please consider turning off your ad blocker for our site. Thanks, For 40 years Quality Digest has been the go-to source for all things quality. Our newsletter, Quality Digest, shares expert commentary and relevant industry resources to assist our readers in their quest for continuous improvement. Our website includes every column and article from the newsletter since May 2009 as well as back issues of Quality Digest magazine to August 1995. We are committed to promoting a view wherein quality is not a niche, but an integral part of every phase of manufacturing and services.ISO/IEC DIS 29500 Becomes an International Standard
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