Norwegian standards body implodes over OOXML controversy
by Colin Dodd
Norwegian standards body implodes over OOXML controversy
Standards Norway, the organization that manages technical standards for the Scandinavian country, took a serious blow last week when key members resigned in protest over procedural irregularities in the approval process for Microsoft’s Office Open XML (OOXML) format. The 23-person technical committee has lost 13 of its members.
