[BNM] ISO finally rejects OOXML as a standard.

[paul perrin]

I don't understand the need for an 'editable' archive format.

Final docs can be images if the format is important (say, TIFF), or plain
text if the content is important - OCR the images if you want the text, let
the OCR engine work out the language/locality/culture (OCR is only ever
going to get better - and is effectivly 'retro fitted' so you can sort out
the detail as and when he technology can cope, rather then trying to second
guess (or future guess) everything now)  - meta data can be ascii XML, let
the search engines of the future sort out the taxonomy/folksonomy etc.  My
little notes in notepad really don't need to know the
locality/culture/calendar format of every thing I type they are just symbols
for my own benefit -  like writing on paper.

Massive standards are just soo much euro trash... Those who can't create
just want to put rigid harnesses on those who can - Europe do it because
they are jealous and stupid, the US does it because it can be profitable.

Paul /)/+)


On 04/09/07, Antony Jones <antonyj at gamesys.co.uk> wrote:
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> http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,136711-c,techindustrytrends/article.ht
> ml
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> Do you reckon people will finally stop sending me .docx/.doc files now?
>
> Antony Jones
> Developer
> Gamesys Ltd
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