It’s a good time to ask, because it turns out that we are right now in the window of time where contradictions in the OOXML standard can be reported by member bodies of the ISO/IEC Joint Technical Committee 1. February 5 is the deadline, so now is the time to bring such to their attention. Some have already found some contradictions, and perhaps you will know of more to add to the list. If so, put them in a comment here or on either of two new page we’ve set up on GrokDoc, EOOXML at JTC-1 and EOOXML Objections wiki pages, each a work in progress. You’ll find abundant resources there for further study and consideration. Marbux has also written up an explanation of the ISO process, which I’ll put at the very end.

The bottom line: Because of the apparently unresolvable contradictions being discovered, the questions being asked are whether ISO should reject EOOXML from the fast-track process and instead use the regular process, and whether, if there can be no resolution of some of the contradictions discovered, ISO should accept the specification at all. Is the “fast track” process even appropriate when there are such questions, and more, in the air? Is the Ecma process itself flawed, in that it allows, even mandates, conformance with a single vendor’s file formats? Let me explain what I mean by contradictions and I’ll tell you about my friend’s ex and how he fits in to all this.

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