thank you for this breaking news Muthoni. Noted. On Tue, 1 Apr 2008 13:38:53 +0300, "Dorcas Muthoni" <dmuthoni@gmail.com> said: OOXML was approved courtesy of other members. Kenya successfully filed an Abstain. Ballot Information Reference ISO/IEC DIS 29500 Committee ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 34 Edition number 1 English title Information technology -- Office Open XML file formats French title Technologies de l'information -- Formats de fichier "Office Open XML" Start date 2007-04-02 End date 2007-09-02 Opened by ISO/CS on 2007-03-30 17:17:56 Closed by ISO/CS on 2008-03-31 16:22:56 Status Closed Voting stage Enquiry Version number 1 Note New result of voting after official 30 days enquiry ending 2008-03-29 Result of voting P-Members voting: 24 in favour out of 32 = 75 % (requirement >= 66.66%) (P-Members having abstained are not counted in this vote.) Member bodies voting: 10 negative votes out of 71 = 14 % (requirement <= 25%) Approved Votes by members Country Member Status Approval Disapproval Abstention Argentina IRAM O-Member X * Armenia SARM O-Member X Australia SA P-Member X * Austria ON O-Member X * Azerbaijan AZSTAND P-Member X Bangladesh BSTI X Barbados BNSI X Belarus BELST O-Member X Belgium NBN P-Member X * Bosnia and Herzegovina BAS X Brazil ABNT O-Member X * Bulgaria BDS O-Member X * Canada SCC P-Member X * Chile INN O-Member X * China SAC P-Member X * Colombia ICONTEC O-Member X * Congo, The Democratic Republic of OCC X Costa Rica INTECO O-Member X Côte-d'Ivoire CODINORM P-Member X Croatia HZN O-Member X Cuba NC O-Member X * Cyprus CYS P-Member X Czech Republic CNI P-Member X Denmark DS P-Member X Ecuador INEN P-Member X * Egypt EOS O-Member X Fiji FTSQCO X Finland SFS P-Member X France AFNOR P-Member X * Germany DIN P-Member X * Ghana GSB X * Greece ELOT O-Member X * India BIS P-Member X * Iran, Islamic Republic of ISIRI P-Member X * Ireland NSAI P-Member X Israel SII O-Member X Italy UNI P-Member X * Jamaica BSJ P-Member X Japan JISC P-Member X Jordan JISM X * Kazakhstan KAZMEMST P-Member X Kenya KEBS P-Member X * Korea, Republic of KATS P-Member X Kuwait KOWSMD X Lebanon LIBNOR P-Member X Luxembourg SEE O-Member X Malaysia DSM P-Member X * Malta MSA P-Member X * Mauritius MSB X Mexico DGN O-Member X Morocco SNIMA O-Member X Netherlands NEN P-Member X New Zealand SNZ P-Member X * Nigeria SON X Norway SN P-Member X Pakistan PSQCA P-Member X Panama COPANIT X Peru INDECOPI O-Member X Philippines BPS O-Member X Poland PKN O-Member X * Portugal IPQ O-Member X * Qatar QS X Romania ASRO O-Member X Russian Federation GOST R O-Member X Saudi Arabia SASO P-Member X Serbia ISS O-Member X Singapore SPRING SG P-Member X * Slovenia SIST P-Member X South Africa SABS P-Member X * Spain AENOR P-Member X * Sri Lanka SLSI O-Member X Switzerland SNV P-Member X * Syrian Arab Republic SASMO X Tanzania, United Rep. of TBS X Thailand TISI O-Member X Trinidad and Tobago TTBS P-Member X Tunisia INNORPI O-Member X * Turkey TSE P-Member X * Ukraine DSSU O-Member X United Arab Emirates ESMA X United Kingdom BSI P-Member X Uruguay UNIT P-Member X * USA ANSI Secretariat X * Uzbekistan UZSTANDARD X Venezuela FONDONORMA P-Member X * Viet Nam TCVN O-Member X Zimbabwe SAZ X P-Member TOTALS Total of P-Members voting: 32 24 8 9 TOTALS 61 10 16 (*) A comment file was submitted with this vote Comments from Voters Argentina IRAM O-Member [1]Argentina(IRAM).doc Australia SA P-Member [2]Australia(SA).doc Austria ON O-Member [3]Austria(ON).doc Belgium NBN P-Member [4]Belgium(NBN).doc Brazil ABNT O-Member [5]Brazil(ABNT).doc Bulgaria BDS O-Member [6]Bulgaria(BDS).doc Canada SCC P-Member [7]Canada(SCC).doc Chile INN O-Member [8]Chile(INN).doc China SAC P-Member [9]China(SAC).doc Colombia ICONTEC O-Member [10]Colombia(ICONTEC).doc Cuba NC O-Member [11]Cuba(NC).doc Ecuador INEN P-Member [12]Ecuador(INEN).doc France AFNOR P-Member [13]France(AFNOR).doc Germany DIN P-Member [14]Germany(DIN).doc Ghana GSB [15]Ghana(GSB).doc Greece ELOT O-Member [16]Greece(ELOT).doc India BIS P-Member [17]India(BIS).doc Iran, Islamic Republic of ISIRI P-Member [18]Iran,IslamicRepublicof(ISIRI).doc Italy UNI P-Member [19]Italy(UNI).doc Jordan JISM [20]Jordan(JISM).doc Kenya KEBS P-Member [21]Kenya(KEBS).doc Malaysia DSM P-Member [22]Malaysia(DSM).doc Malta MSA P-Member [23]Malta(MSA).doc New Zealand SNZ P-Member [24]NewZealand(SNZ).doc Poland PKN O-Member [25]Poland(PKN).doc Portugal IPQ O-Member [26]Portugal(IPQ).doc Singapore SPRING SG P-Member [27]Singapore(SPRINGSG).doc South Africa SABS P-Member [28]SouthAfrica(SABS).doc Spain AENOR P-Member [29]Spain(AENOR).doc Switzerland SNV P-Member [30]Switzerland(SNV).doc Tunisia INNORPI O-Member [31]Tunisia(INNORPI).doc Turkey TSE P-Member [32]Turkey(TSE).doc Uruguay UNIT P-Member [33]Uruguay(UNIT).doc USA ANSI Secretariat [34]USA(ANSI).doc Venezuela FONDONORMA P-Member [35]Venezuela(FONDONORMA).doc Comments from Commenters Ecma International [36]EcmaInternational.doc References 1. http://commentfiles/Argentina%28IRAM%29.doc 2. http://commentfiles/Australia%28SA%29.doc 3. http://commentfiles/Austria%28ON%29.doc 4. http://commentfiles/Belgium%28NBN%29.doc 5. http://commentfiles/Brazil%28ABNT%29.doc 6. http://commentfiles/Bulgaria%28BDS%29.doc 7. http://commentfiles/Canada%28SCC%29.doc 8. http://commentfiles/Chile%28INN%29.doc 9. http://commentfiles/China%28SAC%29.doc 10. http://commentfiles/Colombia%28ICONTEC%29.doc 11. http://commentfiles/Cuba%28NC%29.doc 12. http://commentfiles/Ecuador%28INEN%29.doc 13. http://commentfiles/France%28AFNOR%29.doc 14. http://commentfiles/Germany%28DIN%29.doc 15. http://commentfiles/Ghana%28GSB%29.doc 16. http://commentfiles/Greece%28ELOT%29.doc 17. http://commentfiles/India%28BIS%29.doc 18. http://commentfiles/Iran,IslamicRepublicof%28ISIRI%29.doc 19. http://commentfiles/Italy%28UNI%29.doc 20. http://commentfiles/Jordan%28JISM%29.doc 21. http://commentfiles/Kenya%28KEBS%29.doc 22. http://commentfiles/Malaysia%28DSM%29.doc 23. http://commentfiles/Malta%28MSA%29.doc 24. http://commentfiles/NewZealand%28SNZ%29.doc 25. http://commentfiles/Poland%28PKN%29.doc 26. http://commentfiles/Portugal%28IPQ%29.doc 27. http://commentfiles/Singapore%28SPRINGSG%29.doc 28. http://commentfiles/SouthAfrica%28SABS%29.doc 29. http://commentfiles/Spain%28AENOR%29.doc 30. http://commentfiles/Switzerland%28SNV%29.doc 31. http://commentfiles/Tunisia%28INNORPI%29.doc 32. http://commentfiles/Turkey%28TSE%29.doc 33. http://commentfiles/Uruguay%28UNIT%29.doc 34. http://commentfiles/USA%28ANSI%29.doc 35. http://commentfiles/Venezuela%28FONDONORMA%29.doc 36. http://commentfiles/EcmaInternational.doc -- waudo siganga emailsignet@mailcan.com