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DIS29500 Comments - Provides an archive of all the comments and objections submitted by national standards' bodies as part of the ISO standardization process for Microsoft's OOXML specification. A collaborative project that allows user commenting and tagging of the comments.

Ecma Office Open XML File Formats Overview - Official details about the format, and links to technical information.

NoOOXML - Aims to stop the adoption of OOXML as an ISO standard because it is based on a proprietary document format and depends on software patents. An online petition is also available.

OOXML is Defective by Design - A Weblog containing articles criticizing Microsoft's OOXML format and opposing its adoption as an ISO standard. Includes technical details.

Standard ECMA-376: Office Open XML File Formats - Official text of the OOXML file format as accepted by the Ecma International standards body.

Wikipedia: Office Open XML - Encylopedia article about the forum, including background, standardization efforts, and controversies.

BBC News: Microsoft's standards bid stalled - Article covering the appeals lodged by four developing nations against the ratification of OOXML as an ISO standard.

Make that Three: India Appeals Adoption of OOXML - Blog post from consortiuminfo.org detailing the three appeals that have been lodged by ISO members over the Office Open XML standardization process.

ISO/IEC DIS 29500 Receives Necessary Votes for Approval as an International Standard - ISO press release with news that following the changes made by the ballot resolution meeting, the revised votes on the OOXML standard were sufficient for it to be approved.

ISO: Vote Closes on Draft ISO/IEC DIS 29500 Standard - Official ISO press release outlining how the proposed standard did not achieve the required number of votes for approval. The comments submitted by members will will now be discussed at a ballot resolution meeting.

PC World: ISO Rejects Microsoft's OOXML as Standard - An article providing details of the outcome of the recent ISO voting on Microsoft's document format specification.