[selinux-aktiva] Call for letters to ISO re: OpenXML

[Anders Lindbäck]

Marcus Rejås wrote:
> Tack  Björn, Sebastian och Micke för era synpunkter.
> 
> Nytt brev. Planen är att jag skall skicka det i morgon till ISO i Norge
> som kan resa en "contradiction" eftersom de är en "P-member" och CC till
> SIS här i Sverige som "bara" är observerande nation.
> 
> Kommentera gärna mer!


Jag skrev om den - huvudsakligen för att mera pedagogiskt ta upp de stora
saker vi ser som gör denna oanvändbar - det är den delen som är ändrad:


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Objections to JTC-1 Fast Track Processing of the ECMA-376 Specification

To whom it may concern.

This is an open letter from the members of the Linux Society of Sweden
regarding the fast track Processing of the Ecma 376 Office Open XML
Specification by the ISO JTC-1 committee.

We are concerned about several things regarding the proposal to make Ecma 376
an ISO standard but mostly:

  - The proposal is too large - 6000 pages- to be able to read and
    comprehend within the 30 days alotted.

  - The proposal is incomplete in that some parts references trade secrets
    and make the proposal impossible to implement without knowledge of
    those trade secrets.

  - There are significant conflicts with existing ratified ISO standards,
    including ISO8601 (Representation of Dates and Times), ISO639
    (Codes for the representation of Names and Languages),
    ISO/IEC 8632 (Computer Graphics Metafiles), ISO26300 and more.


The concerns over Ecma 376, as pertaining ISO approval, are summarized
on this page: http://www.grokdoc.net/index.php/EOOXML_objections

The initial review period ends in next week, on February 5th. If none of
the P-Members of the ISO/IEC JTC1 (Joint Technical Commitee 1) raise a
contradiction, the specification will go through the fast track process
towards ISO approval.

I believe, and I hope that you will agree, that this standard should not
be allowed fast track approval.

If you are concerned about this matter please raise your concerns with
the Secretary of JTC1, Mrs. Lisa Rajchel (rajchel at ansi.org).

Yours Truly,

Marcus Rejås (Chairman),
on behalf of the Linux Society of Sweden


-- 
Anders Lindbäck
EPO guidelines 1978: "If the contribution to the known art resides
solely in a computer program then the subject matter is not
patentable in whatever manner it may be presented in the claims."