From: Paul Troyer [mailto:PTroyer@gotropics.com]
Sent: Wednesday, June 06,
2007 10:21 AM
To: lrajchel@ansi.org
Subject: Support for approval
of ISO/IEC DIS 29500
6/6/2007
American National Standards
Institute
US-
Tel: 212-642-4900
Fax: 212-398-0023
E-mail: lrajchel@ansi.org
Re: Support for approval of
ISO/IEC DIS 29500 – Information Technology – Office Open XML File Formats
Dear Lisa Rajchel,
We are writing to voice our
strong support for the approval of Ecma’s Office Open XML File Formats as
an ISO/IEC International Standard. We strongly urge the American National
Standards Institute to communicate its support for 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 contact Paul Troyer, Web
and Systems Administrator, Tropics Software Technologies at 941-735-6115 or
ptroyer@gotropics.com
Sincerely,
Paul Troyer
Tropics Software Technologies
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Paul Troyer
Web and Systems Administrator
Tropics Software
Technologies
PO Box
2740
(941)
955-1234 Ext. 334
ptroyer@gotropics.com
www.gotropics.com
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