...the US position on Open XML will be “Yes with Comments.” If it does not get the 10 needed votes, the EB is being asked to consider “Abstain with Comments”...
...for posting when I come into town for gas and supplies. To find more of this type of writing based on past trips, look to the folder link at left titled...
...voted against OOXML apparently did participate in the ballot Rick selected for examination. An abstention, by the way, is a next best thing to an approval vote under the complex ISO/IEC...
...software patents today appeal mostly to large technology companies, which use them defensively to guard their entry into markets dominated by competitors, rather than offensively to keep competitors out of...
...specifications and technologies for networked media workflows and promotes compatibility between AAF, BXF, MXF and XML. The AMWA began in January 2000 as the Advanced Authoring Format (AAF) Association, Inc....
...and engineering activities for the entire European space community. The ECSS initiative aims to promote the use of existing standards, adopt commonly used international standards, and liaison with standardization organizations,...
Developed standards for customer information exchange across enterprise applications *Inactive CPExchange developed an open standard to facilitate the exchange of privacy-enabled customer information across enterprise applications. The CPExchange standard integrated...
The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) develops standards and other technical documentation for telecommunications, broadcasting, and information technology. ETSI is officially recognized by the European Commission and the EFTA secretariat.
Promotes and facilitates improvements in Internet architecture. The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) is an open community of network designers, operators, vendors, and researchers focused on developing the Internet architecture...
...global alliance dedicated to the adoption and deployment of open standards for streaming rich media such as video, audio, and associated data over Internet protocols. *Merged with MPEGIF in 2010...