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Assocham seeks standardization of Open XML
By siliconindia
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Saturday, 09 February 2008, 17:56 IST
New Delhi: Venogopal N. Dhoot, President, Assocham has approached the IT Ministry for the standardization of Open XML (Extensible Markup Language) and other standards like Open Document Format (ODF) with a view to enhance competition for the benefit of consumers and advancement of technology in the IT industry.
In a communication to the ministry he states that India should harness its IT prowess and expertise to contribute towards development of new standards and to refine existing ones. China is fast developing their own standards in the field of telecom and others. If India has to take a position of seemingly opposing the emerge and addition of new standards, India should not set a right precedent at the ISO for our own efforts to follow.
By standardizing Open XML, the technology used for its development will be open and available to all who want the specifications for their interoperability needs. This will enhance interoperability across platforms without the end user being dependent on any one vendor.
Open standards shall ensure interoperability, market competition and free communication. For systems to communicate interfaces need to be standardized. As any standard will be able to fulfill this, the idea behind open standards is that it is more widely available and non-discriminating making it easier to use. It is also easier for product suppliers to implement the standard if it is royalty-free.
