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Making Contact

Important: We DO NOT want to spam these organisations or approach them in an annoying manner! Any communciation should be polite, detailed and technically accurate.

We would appreciate volunteers to contact each organisation ASAP to discover answers to the basic questions:

  • When will you be discussing the proposal to Fast Track the Ecma 376 standard via JTC1?
  • What is your current position in respect of the Fast Track Proposal?
  • Who is/are the responsible individual(s) within your organisation who we should approach with detailed critiques?

Notes

  • See the Sample Letter below.
  • Refer to the standard by it's full name. Do not call it "OOXML" or "EOXML" or "OXML". The proper name of the standard is the "Ecma 376 Office Open XML" standard. Use the full name the first time you refer to the standard in your email, and after that, refer to it as "Ecma 376".

Who should volunteer?

If you wish to put your name down to contact a particular NSB, please consider the following points:

The individual making contact should:
1. Do so in the appropriate language.
2. Be a citizen of the country concerned.
3. If possible do so in the name of a company rather than as a private individual.
4. Hopefully that company would be either not tiny, or in some manner a technical/IT company.
5. If the company has had previous dealings with the NSB that would be a bonus.

The first 2 points are most important, the others are useful. However, if there is no qualified volunteer for a particular country then anybody who speaks the language will do.

Carbon Copies

Regardless of your nationality, it would be useful to copy (cc) your letter or email to:

Mr. Alan Bryden
ISO Secretary General
bryden@iso.org

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Sample Letter

The following is a sample letter, sent by Daniel Carrera to the "info@" email of the Standards Council of Canada. You are welcome to copy any ideas from it that you find useful. 

Dear Sir or Madam,

Earlier this month the Ecma International standards
group submitted a standard for fast-track ISO
approval. That is the "Ecma 376 Office Open XML"
standard.

As an individual who works in IT, I am very concerned
about the possibility of this standard receiving ISO
approval. In brief, this specification is so complex
(6,000 pages) and vendor-specific that it can only be
successfully implemented by Microsoft Office (the
application on which it is modelled after). It would
effectively block all Canadian IT developers (such as
myself) from competing on a level playing field.

The concerns over Ecma 376, as pertaining ISO
approval, are summarized on this page:
http://www.grokdoc.net/index.php/EOOXML_objections

The initial review period ends in two weeks, on
February 5th. If none of the "P-Members" of the
ISO/IEC JTC1 (Joint Technical Commitee 1) raise an
"contradiction", the specification will go through
the "fast-track" process towards ISO approval. The
above page lists many contradictions in Ecma 376 as
defined by the ISO rules.

Canada is a P-Member of the ISO/IEC JTC. I would like
to make contact with the individual(s) responsible
for  Canada's vote on the JTC to discuss the 
contradictions in Ecma 376.

I was hoping you could answer a couple of questions:

* When will the Canadian delegation be discussing the
proposal to Fast Track the Ecma 376 standard through
ISO?
* What is the current position of the delegation on
this proposal?
* Who are the responsible individuals whom I should
approach with a detailed critique?

Thank you very much for your assistance.

Yours truly,
Daniel Carrera
Canadian IT Developer.
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Sample Letter 2

Dear Sir or Madam,

I am sending you this email since your organisation is a liaison member of ISO JTC1 (International Standards Organisation Joint Technical Committee 1).

Earlier this month the ECMA International standards group submitted a standard for "fast-track" ISO approval. That is the "Ecma 376 Office Open XML" standard. (ISO/IEC DIS 29500)

Ecma-376 is a (proposed) standard for "word-processing documents,presentations, and spreadsheets" which overlaps completely with an existing, approved, standard ISO/IEC 26300:2006 (openDocument (ODF)). Therefore it conflicts directly with ISO's goal of having one standrd for any area.

Furthermore, this specification is so complex (>6,000 pages) and vendor-specific that it can only be successfully implemented by Microsoft Office (the application on which it is modelled).

The numerous concerns over Ecma 376, as pertaining ISO approval, are summarized here: http://www.grokdoc.net/index.php/EOOXML_objections.

The page lists many contradictions in Ecma 376 as defined by the ISO rules.

The initial review period ends in two weeks, on February 5th. If none of the "P-Members" of the ISO/IEC JTC1 (Joint Technical Commitee 1) raise a "contradiction", the specification will go through the "fast-track" process towards ISO approval.

I believe, and I hope that you will agree, that this standard should not be allowed "fast-track" approval. Rather it should be remanded to Ecma International for: (i) harmonization with ISO/IEC 26300:2006 and numerous other standards.

If you are concerned about this matter please raise your concerns with the Secretary of JTC1 Mrs. Lisa Rajchell (rajchel@ansi.org).

Yours truly,

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Letter as Sent to Ansi & BSI

Dear ,

Earlier this month ECMA International submitted a standard for "fast-track" ISO approval. That is the "Ecma 376 Office Open XML" standard. (ISO/IEC DIS 29500)

Ecma-376 is a standard for "word-processing documents, presentations, and spreadsheets" which overlaps completely with an existing, approved standard ISO/IEC 26300:2006 (OpenDocument (ODF)). Therefore it conflicts directly with ISO's goal of having one standard for any area.

Furthermore, this specification is so complex (>6,000 pages) and vendor-specific that it can only be successfully implemented by Microsoft Office (the application on which it is modelled).

Ecma 376 also violates section 2.14 of the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 1, in that not all of what it takes to implement the standard is covered by the licensing conditions offered by Microsoft.

The numerous concerns over Ecma 376, as pertaining to ISO approval, are summarized on this page: http://www.grokdoc.net/index.php/EOOXML_objections. The page lists many contradictions in Ecma 376 as defined by the ISO rules.

The initial review period ends in two weeks, on February 5th. If none of the "P-Members" of the ISO/IEC JTC1 (Joint Technical Commitee 1) raise a "contradiction", the specification will go through the "fast-track" process towards ISO approval.

I believe, and I hope that you will agree, that this standard should not be allowed "fast-track" approval. Rather it should be remanded to Ecma International for: (i) harmonization with ISO/IEC 26300:2006 and numerous other standards and (ii) development of more suitable intellectual property documents.

Yours truly,

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ISO/IEC JTC 1 P-Members

This is a list of all the P-members of JTC1.

Any of the P members of the full JTC1 may raise a Contradiction with the proposed standard during the 30 day review period. However, if no Contradiction is raised then the proposal is passed to sub-committee (SC) 34, and any efforts to influence the outcome should be aimed at them.

The Secretariat of SC34 is currently held by Canada.
The following National Bodies (NB) sit on the committee (SC34): China, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Republic of Korea, Norway, Switzerland, Thailand, USA, United Kingdom.

Note: Contact information for individual members of each delegation is coming from this page When adding any contact information, be careful to mask email addresses, so they don't get spam. Thank you.

Note: The full list of all P members of the full JTC1 (the parent of JTC1 SC 34) can be found here or here or here. (I prefer the first link to iso.org)

--Felix the Mac 10:58, 28 January 2007 (EST)
I have just emailed (in english) the following addresses with Sample Letter 3.
These are the National Bodies which no one had 'volunteered' for.
azs<removethis> at azstand.gov.az, sac<removethis> at sac.gov.cn, extrel<removethis> at cni.cz, dansk.standard<removethis> at ds.dk, uari<remove this> at afnor.org, ird<removethis> at bis.org.in, standard<removethis> at isiri.org.ir, nsai<removethis> at nsai.ie,
uni<removethis> at uni.com, isojisc<removethis> at meti.go.jp, int_rel<removethis> at memst.kz, info<removethis> at kebs.org, standard<removethis> at kats.go.kr, central<removethis> at dsm.gov.my, info<removethis> at standard.no, saso<removethis> at saso.org.sa,
stn<removethis> at spring.gov.sg, sist<removethis> at sist.si, aenor<removethis> at aenor.es, info<removethis> at snv.ch


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AUSTRALIA (SAI)

Organisation Position re OOXML:
Voting Intentions: Unknown
Date of Meeting re OOXML: Unknown

Organisation Details
Web Site: www.standards.org.au
Contact Information: [1]

Responsible Official:
Name: Alistair Tegart, Group Manager, Communications, IT & e-Commerce Standards
Email: alistair.tegart<removethis> at standards.org.au
Organisation: Standards Australia
Postal Address: GPO Box 476 Sydney NSW 2001
Street Address: 286 Sussex Street Sydney NSW 2000)
Tel: +61 (0)2 8206 6708
Fax: +61 (0)2 8206 6021

Individual Members:

Three contacts are known to have been made:

The following member of the GrokLaw/GrokDoc community has volunteered to contact the organisation:

  • Sent an email to intsect<removethis> at standards.org.au and received an email from Alistair Tegart at Standards Australia.
    • Phoned Alistair and spoke to him at length. In part of the conversation he informed me that he has been contacted by several people already and as a result will be following up on this issue.
    • Received an email on 18 Apr 2007 inviting the technical advisory committee members - drawn from interested parties in Australia - to submit votes and comments to the Standards Australia by 2 Aug 2008. The large volume of technical materials to assess and comment on makes this an enormous task for each individual.
    • Sent an email to Michael Langdon at Standards Australia with comments in the template document (attached to the email) noting contradictions in EOOXML on 20 Aug 2007 to meet deadline for comments of COB 21 August 2007.
    • Contact Daniel M. Berinson BE PhD MIEAust MIEEE AFAIM GAICD
      Managing Director, Systems and Software Architect
      Systec Engineering Pty Ltd and Systec IT
      daniel<removethis> at systec.com.au
      040 888 0278 (m)


  • Peter Ellis, MMgtStud(ProjMgt), MAIPM, sent a submission using the provided text, but slanting it towards 'business' and its response to differing standards. This caused Mr Tegert (SAI) to make contact recognising the similarity of the text, say that SAI has people working on the Ecma standard already, and say that he will circulate the common portions of the text to these people.
    • Wednesday 14 February 2007: Email from Alistair Tegart, Group Manager, Communications, IT & e-Commerce Standards, Standards Australia, with copy of the Standards Australia letter of 4 February 2007 to Mrs Lisa Rajchel, Secretary of JTC1, titled "Re: JTC1 N8455 30 Day Review for Fast Track Ballot ECMA-376 ISO/IEC DIS 29500 Office Open XML File Formats". In essence, the letter proposed that the proposed "Ecma 376 Office Open XML" standard be referred back for discussion within SC34 before going to a DIS ballot. Brindafella 21:51, 13 February 2007 (EST)
  • Jean Hollis Weber sent a submission as an individual, using a slightly amended version of one of the sample letters. I specifically requested that Standards Australia raise a "contradiction" with ISO on this item.

More submissions would be useful.

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AZERBAIJAN (AZSTAND)

The following member of the GrokLaw/GrokDoc community has volunteered to contact the organisation:
<Insert Your Name/Sig here>

Organisation Position re OOXML:
Voting Intentions: Unknown
Date of Meeting re OOXML: Unknown

Organisation Details
Web Site: www.azstand.gov.az
Contact Information: [2]

Responsible Official:

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Name:
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BELGIUM (IBN)

The following member of the GrokLaw/GrokDoc community has volunteered to contact the organisation:
Nicolas Pettiaux --npettiaux 08:59, 26 January 2007 (EST)

Organisation Position re OOXML:
Voting Intentions: Unknown
Date of Meeting re OOXML: Unknown

Organisation Details

  • Organisation: NBN Bureau de Normalisation
  • Address: Av. de la Brabançonne 29, BE-1000 Bruxelles
  • Tel: +32 2 738 00 92
  • Fax: +32 2 732 84 61
  • Email: vanvaerenbergh at nbn.be
  • Web Site: www.nbn.be

Responsible Official:

Individual Members:
Name:
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CANADA (SCC)

The following member of the GrokLaw/GrokDoc community has volunteered to contact the organisation:
Daniel Carrera, Canadian Citizen, contacting as an individual.

DO NOT CONTACT - They have already been contacted and they'd like to be left alone please.

The following committee is the Canadian SC 34 shadow committee and not the Canadian JTC 1 shadow committee that is responsible for the JTC 1 Fast Track ballot response:

http://www.jtc1sc34.org/document/secretariat_temp.html#ca

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CHINA (SAC)

The following member of the GrokLaw/GrokDoc community has volunteered to contact the organisation:
<Insert Your Name/Sig here>

Organisation Position re OOXML:
Voting Intentions: Unknown
Date of Meeting re OOXML: Unknown

Organisation Details
Web Site: www.sac.gov.cn/english/home.asp
Contact Information: [3]

Responsible Official:

Individual Members:
Name:
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CZECH REPUBLIC (CSNI)

The following member of the GrokLaw/GrokDoc community has volunteered to contact the organisation:
<Insert Your Name/Sig here>

Organisation Position re OOXML:
Voting Intentions: Unknown
Date of Meeting re OOXML: Unknown

Organisation Details
Web Site:www.cni.cz
Contact Information: [4]

Responsible Official:

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DENMARK (DS)

Organisation Position re OOXML:
Voting Intentions: Unknown
Date of Meeting re OOXML: Unknown

Organisation Details
Web Site: www.ds.dk
Contact Information: [5]

Email: at ds.dk
Postal Address:Dansk Standard
Kollegievej 6
DK-2920 Charlottenlund
Tlf: +45 39 96 61 01
Fax: +45 39 96 61 02

Responsible Official: Pia Elleby Lange

Individual Members:
Name:
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Organisation: CBS (Copenhagen Business School)
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Organisation: Sun Microsystems
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Name: Donald Axel
Email:spam3-dax-dkuug-dk
Organisation: DKUUG
Postal Address: Symbion, Fruebjergvej 3, DK-2100 København Ø, Denmark.

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FINLAND (SFS)

Organisation Position re OOXML:
Voting Intentions: Unknown
Date of Meeting re OOXML: Unknown

Organisation Details
Web Site: www.sfs.fi
Contact Information: [6]

Responsible Officials:

Name: Antti Karppinen
Email: http://www.jtc1sc34.org/document/secretariat_temp.html#ca
Organisation: SFS

Name: Susanna Vahtila
Email: firstname.lastname@sfs.fi (presumably)
Organisation: SFS

(These two people in SFS are responsible for ISO relations. Phone, fax, and paper mail information is here: http://www.sfs.fi/sfs_lyhyesti/yhteystiedot/)

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FRANCE (AFNOR)

Organisation Position re OOXML:
Voting Intentions: Unknown
Date of Meeting re OOXML: Unknown

Organisation Details
Web Site: www.afnor.fr
Contact Information: [7]

Responsible Official:

Individual Members:
Name:
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Organisation:
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GERMANY (DIN)

The following member of the GrokLaw/GrokDoc community has volunteered to contact the organisation:
Max Odendahl, SEPT-Solutions, contacted the German official listed below.

Organisation Position re OOXML:
Voting Intentions: Unknown
Date of Meeting re OOXML: Unknown

Organisation Details
Web Site: DIN e.V.
Committee NIA-34

Contact Information: Committee NIA-34 contacts
[8]

Responsible Official:

Individual Members:
Name: Dr. Hans Holger Rath
Email: holger.rath at
empolis.com
Postal Address: empolis GmbH, Europaallee 10, 67657 Kaiserlauten, Germany
Telephone: +49.172.66.90.427
Facsimile: +49 631.303.5507

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INDIA (BIS)

The following member of the GrokLaw/GrokDoc community has volunteered to contact the organisation:
<Insert Your Name/Sig here>

Organisation Position re OOXML:
Voting Intentions: Unknown
Date of Meeting re OOXML: Unknown

Organisation Details
Web Site: www.bis.org.in
Contact Information: [9]

Responsible Official:

Individual Members:
Name: Joe E
Email:db<removethis>joe@gmail.com
Organisation:
Postal Address:

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IRAN, ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF (ISIRI)

The following member of the GrokLaw/GrokDoc community has volunteered to contact the organisation:
<Insert Your Name/Sig here>

Organisation Position re OOXML:
Voting Intentions: Unknown
Date of Meeting re OOXML: Unknown

Organisation Details
Web Site: www.isiri.org
Contact Information: [10]

Responsible Official:

Individual Members:
Name:
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Organisation:
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IRELAND (NSAI)

Organisation Position re OOXML:
Voting Intentions: Unknown
Date of Meeting re OOXML: Unknown

Organisation Details
Web Site: www.nsai.ie
Contact Information: [11]

Responsible Official:

Individual Members:
Name:
Email: http://www.jtc1sc34.org/document/secretariat_temp.html#ca
Organisation:
Postal Address:

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ITALY (UNI)

Note that ISO/IEC IS 26300 (OpenDocument is now listed here, which appears to mean that you can say that "ISO/IEC IS 26300 has been adopted as Italian Standard".

Organisation Position re OOXML:
Voting Intentions: Unknown
Date of Meeting re OOXML: Unknown

Organisation Details
Web Site: www.uni.com
Contact Information: [12]
http://www.jtc1sc34.org/document/secretariat_temp.html#ca
Responsible Official:

Individual Members:
Name: Mr. Gianugo Rabellino
Email: g.rabellino <remove this> at pronetics.it
Postal Address: PRO-NETICS S.r.l., Via Elio Lampridio Cervia, 127/c, 00143 ROMA Italy
Telephone: +39 06 5041647

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JAPAN (JISC)

Organisation Position re OOXML:
Voting Intentions: Unknown
Date of Meeting re OOXML: Unknown

Organisation Details
Web Site: http://www.jisc.go.jp/eng/index.html
Contact Information: [13]

Responsible Official:

Individual Members:
Name:
Email: http://www.jtc1sc34.org/document/secretariat_temp.html#ca
Organisation:
Postal Address:

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KAZAKHSTAN (KAZMEMST)

Organisation Position re OOXML:
Voting Intentions: Unknown
Date of Meeting re OOXML: Unknown

Organisation Details
Web Site: www.memst.kz
Contact Information: [14]
http://www.jtc1sc34.org/document/secretariat_temp.html#ca

Responsible Official:

Individual Members:
Name:
Email:
Organisation:
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KENYA (KEBS)

Organisation Position re OOXML:
Voting Intentions: Unknown
Date of Meeting re OOXML: Unknown

Organisation Details
Web Site: www.kebs.org
Contact Information: [15]

Responsible Official:

Individual Members:
Name:
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KOREA, REPUBLIC OF (KATS)

Organisation Position re OOXML:
Voting Intentions: Unknown
Date of Meeting re OOXML: Unknown

Organisation Details
Web Site: www.kats.go.kr
Contact Information: [16]

Responsible Official:

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MALAYSIA (DSM)

Organisation Position re OOXML:
Voting Intentions: Unknown
Date of Meeting re OOXML: Unknown

Organisation Details
Web Site: www.dsm.gov.my
Contact Information: [17]

Responsible Official:

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NETHERLANDS, THE (NEN)

The following member of the GrokLaw/GrokDoc community has volunteered to contact the organisation:
Bert Laverman, bert DOT laverman AT rakis DOT iaf DOT nl
<Insert Your Name/Sig here>

Organisation Position re OOXML:
Voting Intentions: Against starting a fast-track review
Date of Meeting re OOXML: Contact person found: 31-1-2007, Response public: 2-2-2007

Organisation Details
Web Site: www.nen.nl
Contact Information: [18]

Responsible Official: (uncertain)

Individual Members:
Name:
Email:
Organisation:
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NEW ZEALAND (SNZ)

The following member of the GrokLaw/GrokDoc community has volunteered to contact the organisation:

Matthew Cruickshank mailto:matthew@holloway.co.nz (but I could use some help so please feel free to email me)

<Insert Your Name/Sig here>


Organisation Position re OOXML:
Voting Intentions: Against
Date of Meeting re OOXML: Another meeting being held on 24 and 25th August 2007

Organisation Details
Web Site: www.standards.co.nz
Contact Information: [19]

Responsible Official: Nelson Procter
Email: mailto:nelson.procter@standards.co.nz


Individual Members:
Name:
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NORWAY (NSF)

The following member of the GrokLaw/GrokDoc community has volunteered to contact the organisation:
<Insert Your Name/Sig here>

Organisation Position re OOXML:
Voting Intentions: Unknown
Date of Meeting re OOXML: Unknown

Organisation Details
Web Site: www.standard.no
Contact Information: [20]

Responsible Official:

Individual Members:
Name:
Email:
Organisation:
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SAUDI ARABIA (SASO)

Organisation Position re OOXML:
Voting Intentions: Unknown
Date of Meeting re OOXML: Unknown

Organisation Details
Web Site: www.saso.org.sa
Contact Information: [21]

Responsible Official:

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Name:
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SINGAPORE (SPRING SG)

Organisation Position re OOXML:
Voting Intentions: Unknown
Date of Meeting re OOXML: Unknown

Organisation Details
Web Site: www.spring.gov.sg
Contact Information: [22]

Responsible Official:

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SLOVENIA (SIST)

Organisation Position re OOXML:
Voting Intentions: Unknown
Date of Meeting re OOXML: Unknown

Organisation Details
Web Site: www.sist.si
Contact Information: [23]

Responsible Official:

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SOUTH AFRICA, REP. OF (SABS)

The following member of the GrokLaw/GrokDoc community has volunteered to contact the organisation:
Raymond Koekemoer (email: raymondk at compunite.co.za)

Organisation Position re OOXML:
Voting Intentions: Unknown
Date of Meeting re OOXML: Unknown

Organisation Details
Web Site: www.sabs.co.za
Contact Information: [24]

Responsible Official:

Individual Members:
Name:
Email:
Organisation:
Postal Address:

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SPAIN (AENOR)

Organisation Position re OOXML:
Voting Intentions: Unknown
Date of Meeting re OOXML: Unknown

Organisation Details
Web Site: www.aenor.es
Contact Information: [25]

Responsible Official:

Individual Members:
Name:
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Organisation:
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SWITZERLAND (SNV)

The following member of the GrokLaw/GrokDoc community has volunteered to contact the organisation:

Organisation Position re OOXML:
Voting Intentions: Unknown, but see below
Date of Meeting re OOXML: Unknown

Organisation Details
Web Site: www.snv.ch
Contact Information: [26]

Responsible Official: For this kind of questions, SNV defers to "technical comittees". During the contradictions period, the chairman of the relevant comittee was Mr Istvan Sebestyen, who is also an officer of ECMA (then Deputy Secretary General, now Secretary General). In the meantime this conflict of interests has been rendered much less obvious by means of establishing a new subcommittee chaired by Mr Hans-Rudolf Thomann who is also pushing in favor of MS-OOXML as strongly as he possibly can without destroying his credibility.

Individual Members:
Name:
Email:
Organisation:
Postal Address:

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UNITED KINGDOM (BSI)

The UK has been contacted and is looking into matters. No need to send any (more) emails to the previously stated email addresses.

Organisation Position re OOXML:
Voting Intentions: Currently considering whether to object on the grounds of overlap with existing standards.
Date of Meeting re OOXML: Unknown

Organisation Details
Web Site: www.bsi.org.uk

The BSI shadow for JTC1 is the BSI Technical Committee ICT/-/1

FastTrack appears to have been Delayed
http://www.pcw.co.uk/personal-computer-world/news/2174199/microsoft-standards-bid-faces

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USA (ANSI)

The following members of the GrokLaw/GrokDoc community have volunteered to contact the organisation:

  • Steven G. Johnson (emailed ANSI and INCITS on 19 Jan. 2007, with summary of objections and link to Grokdoc page; received response from Henrietta Scully and Jennifer Garner on 19 Jan. 2007). We may need to contact them again with the final Grokdoc page. Please send them your objections too, especially if you are a US citizen.
  • Tammy Cravit e-mailed on 24 Jan. 2007 with summary of objections and link to Grokdoc page. Received an e-mail from Jennifer Garner on 27 Jan. 2007 stating that "(y)our contribution was not received in time for consideration at the January 23-25 INCITS EB meeting, however, it has been posted to a comment page on our web site (http://www.incits.org/DIS29500/DIS29500.htm) and will be considered by INCITS/V1 during the committee’s development of the proposed US vote on DIS 29500."

Organisation Position re OOXML:

Voting Intentions: will not object to fast-track ballot (see below)
Date of Meeting re OOXML: January 23–25 INCITS EB (executive board) meeting

Organisation Details

Web Site: www.ansi.org
Contact Information: <removethis> at ansi.org or isot<removethis> at ansi.org, further information

Responsible Official: Jennifer Garner, possibly along with Sara Desautels [27] or Henrietta Scully


Note: In the United States, ANSI delegates authority to an industry board called INCITS to represent the US position in JTC1. So it is important to send any letter to both ANSI and INCITS. Our initial contact with ANSI was forwarded to Jennifer Garner by Henrietta Scully with the explanation: ANSI has received the email below submitting comments on a matter presently out for consideration by the US TAG for JTC 1. As Administrator of the US TAG, please pass along these comments for their consideration in developing the US position on the question of a Fast Track Ballot for ECMA-376 ISO/IEC DIS 29500 Office Open XML File Formats.

Note: A response was received from Jennifer Garner on 29 January, indicating that the INCITS executive board "decided not to submit a contribution in response to JTC 1 N 8455". They have also posted a list of comments they received (mostly after the deadline, unfortunately). Comments are still important to influence the eventual US vote on the standard, however.

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International Organisations in liaison with JTC1

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Asian Productivity Organization (APO)

Hirakawa-cho Dai-ichi Seimei Bldg, 2F
1-2-10 Hirakawa-cho, Chiyda-ku
Tokyo 102-0093
Japan

Tel +81 3 52 26 39 20
Fax +81 3 52 26 39 50
E-mail apo<removethis> at apo-tokyo.org
Web http://www.apo-tokyo.org

Direct contact: Mr. Takuki Murayama

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Bank for International Settlements (BIS/BRI)

Centralbahnplatz 2
4002 Basel
Switzerland

Tel +41 61 280 80 80
Fax +41 61 280 91 00
E-mail email<removethis> at bis.org
Web http://www.bis.org

Direct contact: Mr. Kaushik Jayaram
E-mail kaushik.jayaram<remove this> at bis.org

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CEPT

European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations
Federal Ministry of Enconomics and Labour
Scharnhorststr 34-37
10115 Berlin
Germany

Tel +44 20 72 11 06 60
Fax +44 20 72 11 00 47
E-mail kai.ulrich <removethis> at bnwa.bund.de
Web http://www.cept.org

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CERN

European Organization for Nuclear Research
1211 Genève 23
Switzerland

Tel +41 22 767 61 11
Fax +41 22 767 65 55
Web http://www.cern.ch

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European Commission

European Commission
200, rue de la Loi
1049 Bruxelles
Belgium

Tel +32 2 295 84 12 /+32 2 299 11 11
Fax +32 2 295 31 44
Web http://ec.europa.eu/

Direct contact: Mr Frans Verstraete
E-mail: frans.verstraete <removethis> at cec.eu.int

Direct Contact: Mrs. Marie De Los Angeles Barrecheguren Beltran
E-mail: angeles.barrecheguren<removethis> at ec.europa.eu

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EWICS

European Workshop on Industrial Computer Systems Reliability, Safety and Security
c/o Udo Voges
Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe,
Postfach 3640
76021
Germany

Tel +43 1 531 20 70 72
E-mail voges <removethis> at iai.fzk.de
Web http://www.ewics.org

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Ecma International

DON'T BOTHER WITH THESE PEOPLE, IT'S THEIR STANDARD!

114, rue du Rhône
1204 Genève
Switzerland

Tel +41 22 849 60 00
Fax +41 22 849 60 01
E-mail helpdesk@ecma-international.org
Web http://www.ecma-international.org

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International Air Transport Association (IATA)

800 Place Victoria P.O. Box 113
Montreal
PQ H4Z 1M1
Canada

Tel +1 514 874 02 02
Fax +1 514 874 96 32
Web http://www.iata.org/

Direct contact Mr Marko Tahtivaara
Tel +1 514 874 0202
Fax +1 514 874 2662
E-mail tahtivaaram <removethis> at iata.org

Direct Contact Mr. Simon Ralph
Tel +41 22 770 2943
Fax +41 22 770 2653
E-mail ralphs<removethis> at iata.org

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International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)

999 University Street
Montreal,
PQ H3C 5H7
Canada

Tel +1 514 285 82 19
Fax +1 514 954 60 77
Web http://www.icao.org/

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ICSTI - centre

International Centre for Scientific and Technical Information
21B, Ul. Kuusinena
Moskva 125252
Russian Federation

Tel +7 +495 943 07 12
Fax +7 +495 943 00 89
E-mail info <removethis> at icsti.su
Web http://www.icsti.su/portal/index.html

Direct contact Mr. Alexi Lovtsov
E-mail alov <removethis> at icsti.su

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The International SGML/XML Users' Group (ISUG)

Copse House
15 Upton Close
Swindon
Wiltshire
SN25 4UL
United Kingdom

Tel +44 1793 72 11 06
Fax +44 1793 72 11 06
E-mail info <removethis> at isgmlug.org
Web http://www.isgmlug.org/

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International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

Place des Nations
1211 Genève 20
Switzerland

Tel +41 22 730 51 11
Fax +41 22 733 72 56
E-mail itumail <removethis> at itu.int
Web http://www.itu.int/

Click here for a list of direct contacts

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Infoterm

International Information Centre for Terminology (Infoterm)
Mariahilfer Str. 123/3
1060 Wien
Austria

Tel +43 664 3446181
Fax +43 1 524 06 06 99
E-mail infopoint <removethis> at infoterm.org
Web http://www.infoterm.info

Direct contact Dr. Christian Galinski
E-mail cgalinski<removethis> at infoterm.org

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SWIFT

Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication
1, avenue Adèle
1310 La Hulpe
Belgium

Tel +32 2 655 31 11
Fax +32 2 655 32 26
Web http://www.swift.com

Direct contact Mme Sophie Andries
Fax +32 2 224 26 45
E-mail sophie.andries <removethis> at swift.com

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United Nations (UN)

326 East 48th Street
New York City
NY 10017
USA

Tel +1 212 750 1960 /+1 212 750 1961 /+1 212 750 1962
Fax +1 212 759 9538
Web http://www.un.org

Direct contact Mr. Amor Laaribi
E-mail laaribi<removethis> at un.org

Direct Contact Mme Marie-José de Saint Robert
E-mail mjdesaintrobert<removethis> at unog.ch

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UNCTAD

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
Palais des Nations
8-14 avenue de la Paix
1211 Genève 10
Switzerland

Tel +41 22 917 5809 /+41 22 917 12 34
Fax +41 22 917 0051
E-mail info<removethis> at unctad.org
Web http://www.unctad.org

Direct contact Mrs. Anila Premti
Tel +41 22 917 3018
Fax +41 22 917 0050
E-mail anila.premti<removethis> at unctad.org

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UNECE

United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
Palais des Nations
1211 Genève 10
Switzerland

Tel +41 22 734 60 11 /+41 22 917 12 34
Fax +41 22 917 05 05
E-mail info.ece<removethis> at unece.org
Web http://www.unece.org

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UNESCO

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Periodicals Unit (C.009)
7, place de Fontenoy
75352 Paris 07 SP
France

Tel +33 1 45 68 10 00
Fax +33 1 45 67 16 90
E-mail bpi<removethis> at unesco.org
Web http://www.unesco.org/

Direct contact Mr. Davide Storti
Tel +33 1 45 68 14 79
E-mail d.storti<removethis> at unesco.org

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Universal Postal Union (UPU)

Case postale 13
3000 Bern 15
Switzerland

Tel +41 31 350 31 11
Fax +41 31 350 31 10
E-mail info<removethis> at upu.int
Web http://www.upu.int/

Direct contact Ms. Christine Bétrémieux
E-mail christine.betremieux@upu.int

Direct contact Mr. Akhilesh Mathur
Tel +41 31 3503 164
Fax +41 31 3503 110
E-mail akhilesh.mathur<removethis> at upu.int

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World Customs Organization (WCO)

Rue du Marché 30
1210 Bruxelles
Belgium

Tel +32 2 209 92 11
Fax +32 2 209 92 92
E-mail information<removethis> at wcoomd.org
Web http://www.wcoomd.org

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WIPO

World Intellectual Property Organization
34, chemin des Colombettes
1211 Genève 20
Switzerland

Tel +41 22 338 91 11
Fax +41 22 733 54 28
E-mail wipo.mail<removethis> at wipo.int
Web http://www.wipo.int/

Direct contact Mr. Angel López Solanas
E-mail angel.lopezsolanas<removethis> at wipo.int

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World Meteorological Organization (WMO)

7 bis, avenue de la Paix
Case postale 2300
1211 Genève 2
Switzerland

Tel +41 22 730 81 11
Fax +41 22 730 81 81
E-mail wmo <removethis> at wmo.int
Web http://www.wmo.ch/

Click here for a list of direct contacts

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