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

Argentina(IRAM).doc

Australia

SA

P-Member

Australia(SA).doc

Austria

ON

O-Member

Austria(ON).doc

Belgium

NBN

P-Member

Belgium(NBN).doc

Brazil

ABNT

O-Member

Brazil(ABNT).doc

Bulgaria

BDS

O-Member

Bulgaria(BDS).doc

Canada

SCC

P-Member

Canada(SCC).doc

Chile

INN

O-Member

Chile(INN).doc

China

SAC

P-Member

China(SAC).doc

Colombia

ICONTEC

O-Member

Colombia(ICONTEC).doc

Cuba

NC

O-Member

Cuba(NC).doc

Ecuador

INEN

P-Member

Ecuador(INEN).doc

France

AFNOR

P-Member

France(AFNOR).doc

Germany

DIN

P-Member

Germany(DIN).doc

Ghana

GSB

 

Ghana(GSB).doc

Greece

ELOT

O-Member

Greece(ELOT).doc

India

BIS

P-Member

India(BIS).doc

Iran, Islamic Republic of

ISIRI

P-Member

Iran,IslamicRepublicof(ISIRI).doc

Italy

UNI

P-Member

Italy(UNI).doc

Jordan

JISM

 

Jordan(JISM).doc

Kenya

KEBS

P-Member

Kenya(KEBS).doc

Malaysia

DSM

P-Member

Malaysia(DSM).doc

Malta

MSA

P-Member

Malta(MSA).doc

New Zealand

SNZ

P-Member

NewZealand(SNZ).doc

Poland

PKN

O-Member

Poland(PKN).doc

Portugal

IPQ

O-Member

Portugal(IPQ).doc

Singapore

SPRING SG

P-Member

Singapore(SPRINGSG).doc

South Africa

SABS

P-Member

SouthAfrica(SABS).doc

Spain

AENOR

P-Member

Spain(AENOR).doc

Switzerland

SNV

P-Member

Switzerland(SNV).doc

Tunisia

INNORPI

O-Member

Tunisia(INNORPI).doc

Turkey

TSE

P-Member

Turkey(TSE).doc

Uruguay

UNIT

P-Member

Uruguay(UNIT).doc

USA

ANSI

Secretariat

USA(ANSI).doc

Venezuela

FONDONORMA

P-Member

Venezuela(FONDONORMA).doc

 

Comments from Commenters

Ecma International

EcmaInternational.doc

 

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