The three sites that have been following the ISO (International Organization for Standardization) re-vote on the OpenXML standard—Command Line Warriors, Open Malaysia, and ConsortiumInfo—are all reporting that, barring some unforeseen circumstances, OpenXML will become an ISO standard.

Since none of the authors at these sites are pro-OpenXML it seems a foregone conclusion that Microsoft was successful in its OpenXML standardization efforts.

Voting on the standardization effort closed on Saturday, March 29^th. More than 80 national standards bodies had the opportunity to vote on the matter.

The ISO already had one vote on OpenXML standardization. In this vote, concluded on September 4^th, 2007, Microsoft was defeated. However, ISO rules also require that groups voting against the adoption of a draft standard also give technical reasons for disapproval. The ISO then edits the standard to reflect those concerns and holds another vote on the revised draft.

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