[Chapter-delegates] ooXML

[Alejandro Pisanty]

Hi,

and, believe it or not, non-European chapters can also use what you learn 
and do!

Thanks, Christian and all, for opening this valuable thread.

Alejandro Pisanty


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On Wed, 5 Sep 2007, Christian de Larrinaga wrote:

> Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2007 18:12:24 +0100
> From: Christian de Larrinaga <cdel at firsthand.net>
> To: "borka at e5.ijs.si" <borka at e5.ijs.si>
> Cc: chapter-delegates at elists.isoc.org, patrick at vande-walle.eu,
>     Brian Carpenter <brc at zurich.ibm.com>
> Subject: Re: [Chapter-delegates] ooXML
> 
>
> What ICTSB can and should do is to consider the views of its
> participants that are akin to the substance of its work -- open
> standards in a european context. If those views are not actionable
> under the current ICTSB scope which I suspect is largely the case
> then the ICTSB has the duty to report its work and findings to the EU
> Commission and can recommend further action at the EU and national
> level, and can request guidance from the EU.  This is something we
> could influence.
>
> It might not be a complete solution but if those involved in ooxml
> can identify some high level issues that need addressing then these
> can be put forward in a European context. Now is a good time to set
> out the bullet points and substantiated points.
>
> I gave a few examples in my response to Geir. I think we should stick
> to technical issues and not get into an intra-organisational rant
> with ECMA or ISO or anybody else. We can all do better than we are
> doing.
>
>
> Christian
>
>
> On 5 Sep 2007, at 16:10, borka at e5.ijs.si wrote:
>
>>
>> Just a short information about the mission
>> (very briefly) of ICTSB:
>>
>> It is initiative of the 3 ESO: CEN, CENELEC and ETSI with
>> 3 main objectives:
>>
>> -to listen to requirements for standards and specifications
>> in the area of ICT
>>
>> -stemming from requirements and proposals from
>> ICTSB members the board considers what standards
>> need to be created (within the three ESO)
>>
>> -agreed work created as a project and allocated
>> to one or more organization (ESO).
>>
>> So, ICTSB has coordinating role and other
>> members e.g. ISOC European Chapters are there
>> just for coordination and information the
>> standardization efforts not to be duplicated.
>>
>> ICTSB is not a body to discuss any of the
>> ISO   or ECMA
>> activities on the international scheme.
>>
>> Examples of ICTSB initiated work is
>> Assistive technology group (DATSCG),
>> Intelligent Transport system (ITSSG),
>> SmartHouse Standards (SHSSG),  Network&
>> Information Security (NISSG) and Electronic
>> Signature (EESSI).
>>
>> With regards,
>>
>>
>> Borka Jerman-Blazic
>>
>>
>
>
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