OASIS Open Document Format for Office Applications (OpenDocument) TC

Hi all,

what is the state in the process of making ODF 1.3 an ISO standard?

Kind regards,
Regina

Hi Regina

The ballot in JTC 1 is expected to begin any day now. It will be a 12-week ballot of JTC 1 members. Only national body members of JTC 1 have a vote in this ballot, although liaison members of JTC 1, including OASIS, can comment. If the submission is approved in the ballot by an overwhelming majority, ISO will publish a new edition of ISO/IEC 26300 without any technical changes (some purely editorial corrections may be necessary). I don’t anticipate any other outcome.

I recently made a brief presentation of ODF 1.3 to a small group of experts. Once the ballot begins, no international discussions among experts are allowed until the ballot closes.

Kind regards,

Francis



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Thank you Francis. Good to hear, that it has already arrived at the JTC 1.

Kind regards,

Regina

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Regina Henschel
The Document Foundation
Dortmund
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Original Message:
Sent: 04-06-2024 10:47
From: Francis Cave
Subject: State of making ODF 1.3 an ISO standard?

Hi Regina

The ballot in JTC 1 is expected to begin any day now. It will be a 12-week ballot of JTC 1 members. Only national body members of JTC 1 have a vote in this ballot, although liaison members of JTC 1, including OASIS, can comment. If the submission is approved in the ballot by an overwhelming majority, ISO will publish a new edition of ISO/IEC 26300 without any technical changes (some purely editorial corrections may be necessary). I don't anticipate any other outcome.

I recently made a brief presentation of ODF 1.3 to a small group of experts. Once the ballot begins, no international discussions among experts are allowed until the ballot closes.

Kind regards,

Francis



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Yes, ODF 1.3 originally arrived with JTC 1 back in December, but there was a delay while the specifications were re-formatted on A4 and a number of editorial/production questions from ISO editors required answers from OASIS. JTC 1 formally sent ODF 1.3 to the ISO for ballot processing at the start of February, but an 8-week period had to be allowed to elapse (for any national bodies to prepare translations of any part of the submission, although I doubt any actually did this) before the start of the ballot.

Francis


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Original Message:
Sent: 4/6/2024 11:02:00 AM
From: Regina Henschel
Subject: RE: State of making ODF 1.3 an ISO standard?

Thank you Francis. Good to hear, that it has already arrived at the JTC 1.

Kind regards,

Regina

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Regina Henschel
The Document Foundation
Dortmund
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