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Re: ISO turns evil?

• To: David Megginson <dmeggin@a...>
• Subject: Re: ISO turns evil?
• From: Robin Cover <robin@i...>
• Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2003 12:01:14 -0500 (CDT)
• Cc: XML Developers List <xml-dev@l...>
• In-reply-to: <16237.54244.538457.873153@m...>

I agree that "attack against ISO" is premature.  What I
knew about this topic as of 2003-09-20 is summarized in

"Standards Organizations Express Concern
About Royalty Fees for ISO Codes"

http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2003-09-20-a.html

Please provide updates to me via email.

Thanks,

Robin Cover
[writing as an individual]

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Robin Cover
XML Cover Pages
WWW: http://xml.coverpages.org
Newsletter: http://xml.coverpages.org/newsletter.html


On Sun, 21 Sep 2003, David Megginson wrote:

> G. Ken Holman writes:
> 
>  > I'll be proposing a response from the Canadian member body to ISO,
>  > the Standards Council of Canada (SCC), to obtain from ISO a copy of
>  > the formal recommendation and understand its status.  A response
>  > can then be made directly to the recommendation and not indirectly
>  > based on news reports and citations from other organizations.
> 
> Thanks, Ken -- it's good to know that you're following this up.  I
> think it will be good for us to have more information before anyone
> goes on the attack against ISO.
> 
> The issue is very relevant to this forum not only because a lot of us
> use the language and country codes in our work, but because XML itself
> acknowledges its dependence on an ISO standard.
> 
> 
> All the best,
> 
> 
> David
> 
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