The BS ISO/IEC 19794 series of standards cover the science of using "biological properties" to identify individuals, such as fingerprints, iris scans and facial recognition. New international standards on biometric technology have been published.
Last Tuesday, members of the ISO and the IEC ratified the file format. Microsoft.has introduced its Office Open XML specifications into an ECMA standardisation process, also headed for consideration by ISO/IEC.
The members of IiS have been some of the principal companies driving the adoption of the ISO/IEC 19770-1 international standard for SAM that was published last year. IiS was founded only last year, and it has drawn its membership from many of the...
In the event that OOXML is not accepted as a standard by the ISO, Standards New Zealand has recommended OOXML documentation to be accredited as an "ISO/IEC Type 2 Technical Report". Publication as a technical report would elevate the status of the...
National standards bodies from 104 countries have been casting votes over the past five months to decide whether OOXML should receive ISO certification, including standards bodies from 41 countries that participate in ISO/IEC Joint Technical...
A Microsoft spokesperson said: "We already substantially support IS29500 [the Open XML specification that was recently approved by ISO/IEC members] in Office 2007 and we've announced our plans to update that support in the next version of Office...