Rob Weir on the lack of transparency in the OOXML ballot resolution process http://www.noooxml.org/forum/t-29637/rob-weir-on-the-lack-of-transparency-in-the-ooxml-ballot-resolution-process Posts in the discussion thread "Rob Weir on the lack of transparency in the OOXML ballot resolution process" - All info resides on a password protected site accessible to NB-chairperson on request and to NB-members at the descretion of the chairperson. Less than half of all chairpersons have even requested the password. http://www.noooxml.org/forum/t-29637#post-75027 Rob Weir on the lack of transparency in the OOXML ballot resolution process http://www.noooxml.org/forum/t-29637/rob-weir-on-the-lack-of-transparency-in-the-ooxml-ballot-resolution-process#post-75027 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 15:11:33 +0000 ggiedke 32664 Concerning the "662 responses", Ecma is hosting them on their web site, on a password protected page. The password is made available to NB heads "on request". But so far few NB's have requested the password. You can see here which ones have requested the password and which have not. As of today, only 18 of 51 NB's have requested the password. So 10 weeks months after the comment portal was announced, only 35% of NB's have access to this information.

However, note that of NB chairs that have the password, some are not making the comments available, not even their own committee members. I've heard from a few NB members who explicity requested access to these documents but were denied. Many others were simply unaware that these comment responses were even available. This information is simply not getting out.

More about the difficulties to getthe info (and a comparison with the ODF process) on
http://www.robweir.com/blog/2007/12/662-resolutions-but-only-if-you-can.html

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