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Re: [xml-dev] "Open XML" et al... Blech... Re: [xml-dev] Microsoftbuys the Swedish vote on OOXML?
- From: Alex Brown <adjb@adjb.net>
- To: "Stephen D. Williams" <sdw@lig.net>
- Date: Thu, 06 Sep 2007 21:26:50 +0100
Stephen D. Williams wrote:
> First, I can't stand it when OOXML is called "Open XML". That says
> nothing about the application and XML is already open!
>
> Second, I can't help but translate OOXML to Open Office XML
Well, I don't think it would be spilling _too_ many beans to reveal that
one (of the 600 odd) comments the UK made on this text was:
"Proposed change: Change the name of Office Open XML to a name which is
not confused with OpenOffice. SC34 standards usually end with 'DL'
(description langage) 'SL' (schema language), etc. For DIS 29500 a
suitable name is ODDL (Office Document Description Language) [...].
The standard must refer to its proper name throughout (or “this
international standard”) rather than sometimes adopting ad hoc
alternative forms (e.g. “Open XML” in the present DIS)."
So - someone agrees with you!
- Alex Brown.
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