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 Theresa O'Neil Contribution on Behalf of InRule Technology Concerning Support for approval of Ecma Open XML as an ISO/IEC standard

 


From: Theresa Z. O'Neil [mailto:oneil@inrule.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2007 5:28 PM
To: info@ansi.org
Cc: Avrom-Moishe Erlenwein (Volt); Erik Ryan; Greg Thomas
Subject: Support for approval of Ecma Open XML as an ISO/IEC standard

 

American National Standards Institute
1819 L Street, NW

US-Washington, DC 20036

 

 

To Whom It May Concern -

 

I am writing to voice our strong support for the approval of Ecma International's Open XML standard as an ISO/IEC standard.  We at InRule Technology strongly urge American National Standards Institute to communicate its support of the ISO/IEC ratification of this standard to the JTC1 Secretariat.

 

Open XML represents an important advance in document standards that offers benefits to technology users, the technology industry, consumers, businesses and governments worldwide.  The standard received a strong endorsement when it was approved by Ecma in December 2006 and submitted to JTC1 for fast-track approval.

 

Open XML will enable backward compatibility with billions of archived documents, and the extensive standard accommodates a wide range of languages and cultures, as well as assistive technologies that help people with disabilities.  Governments and businesses will both benefit from the standard itself, as well as from the range of new products that implement the standard.  Furthermore, Open XML in no way contradicts any other international document standard.

 

Thank you for your support for Open XML.  If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me directly.

 

 

Sincerely,

 

 

Theresa O'Neil

Vice President, Business Development

InRule Technology

The Premier Rules Engine for .NET

www.inrule.com

312-948-5973