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New Report Critical of ECMA's role in Standardisation of OOXML

Brussels – 17 April 2008 - An independent report published today examines the special status enjoyed by Ecma International in the world of international standardisation and severely criticises the role that this consortium has played in ISO's recent process relating to Microsoft's Office Open XML (OOXML).