GeekPAC » open standards http://www.geek-pac.org/blog Fight for Your Information Rights Mon, 16 Feb 2009 05:51:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Standards Blog: BRM Blowback (and ISO Press Release) http://www.geek-pac.org/blog/2008/04/standards-blog-brm-blowback-and-iso-press-release/ http://www.geek-pac.org/blog/2008/04/standards-blog-brm-blowback-and-iso-press-release/#comments Wed, 02 Apr 2008 08:01:31 +0000 ConsortiumInfo.org The Standards Blog http://www.bytesfree.org/bfblog/index.php/2008/04/02/standards-blog-brm-blowback-and-iso-press-release/ Yesterday, I sent out the latest issue of my eJournal, Standards Today.  Not surprisingly, it focused on the OOXML process, and what can be learned from it.  Below is the Editorial, and you can  find the complete issue here.  You can sign up for a free subscription here.
Updated:  ISO has now issued its confirmatory press release.  The full text (less biolerplate) is appended at the end of this entry.  I note with some interest that the press release includes the following language:
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Yesterday, I sent out the latest issue of my eJournal, Standards Today.  Not surprisingly, it focused on the OOXML process, and what can be learned from it.  Below is the Editorial, and you can  find the complete issue here.  You can sign up for a free subscription here.
Updated:  ISO has now issued its confirmatory press release.  The full text (less biolerplate) is appended at the end of this entry.  I note with some interest that the press release includes the following language:

Read the full post here.

]]> http://www.geek-pac.org/blog/2008/04/standards-blog-brm-blowback-and-iso-press-release/feed/ 0 New York State Request for Public Comment Extended to Jan. 18 http://www.geek-pac.org/blog/2008/01/new-york-state-request-for-public-comment-extended-to-jan-18/ http://www.geek-pac.org/blog/2008/01/new-york-state-request-for-public-comment-extended-to-jan-18/#comments Mon, 07 Jan 2008 00:45:16 +0000 John Mark http://www.bytesfree.org/bfblog/index.php/2008/01/06/new-york-state-request-for-public-comment-extended-to-jan-18/ Continue reading →]]> To give some background on this issue, New York was the 5th state last year with some form of open formats legislation:

 In its 2007 session, the New York State Legislature directed NYS Chief Information Officer/Director of the Office For Technology, Melodie Mayberry-Stewart, to gather stakeholder input regarding the mechanisms and processes for obtaining access to and reading electronic data so that such data can be created, maintained, exchanged, and preserved by the state in a manner that encourages appropriate government control, access, choice, interoperability, and vendor neutrality.

The original deadline for the request for comment was in December but has now been extended to January 18. See the instructions for the Request for Public Comment (RFPC) here. The RFPC directs interested parties to send email to erecords-study@oft.state.ny.us

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