New Adventures in Spin

Open XML seems to be moving toward a standard. Extremists are getting less and less extreme.

Issues that are left include ones that just need clarification in the text. Otherwise known as "wordsmithing". Some things, however, are going to involve sytax additions.

For the article I read, the blogger was asked to brief the Bureau of Indian Standards. He indicated it was a very interesting opportunity. Lots of good questions.

One of the problems in this standardization process is trying to build a standard for pre-existing technologies. This standard does not want to transform the spec.

"The best-practice for a fast-tracked standard is that the spec clearly describes the technology under consideration warts and all, avoids unnecessary platform dependencies (which is not to say that it need not describe platform-specific features) and that it does so in a way that allows maintenance and subsequent improvements."

The writer didn't feel that the reviews would yield "yes" or "no" votes. Instead they will get "yes with comments". Should be fun. I hate that part.