Trinidad and Tobago and DIS29500

The Trinidad and Tobago Bureau of Standards (TTBS), a P-status member of ISO/IEC Joint Technical Committee 1 (JTC1 SC34) will soon be voting on DIS29500 (aka Office Open XML ; OOXML ; OpenXML).

The Trinidad and Tobago Computer Society has updated the wiki page on DIS29500 containing details such as :

  • Timeline of what’s happened with DIS29500 with links to relevant documents
  • Background/related links about DIS29500
  • List to proposed criteria by the TTBS to evaluate OOXML and other ISO standards in SC34
  • Upcoming standards in SC34 that the TTBS has to vote on.

The TTCS welcomes your thoughts and suggestions regarding DIS29500 and on the proposed criteria to be used to evaluate OOXML. If you can assist with technical understanding and analysis of DIS29500, this is also needed and appreciated. You can edit the DIS29500 wiki page or send email to admin a-t ttcsweb d.o.t org