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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] ----------------------------------------------------- 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 > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > The xml-dev list is sponsored by XML.org <http://www.xml.org>, an > initiative of OASIS <http://www.oasis-open.org> > > The list archives are at http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ > > To subscribe or unsubscribe from this list use the subscription > manager: <http://lists.xml.org/ob/adm.pl> > >
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