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● 03.25.08

●● Roundup: Why OOXML is Inherently Very Defective

Posted in ECMA, Formats, Microsoft, Open XML, Standard at 1:00 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

The vote on OOXML should be based not on business relationships but based only on the merits of the candidate at hand. So, we have accumulated some previous posts of interest:

=> not on business relationships

Posts on OOXML technical deficiencies:

Oops! Microsoft Admits OOXML is FlawedMonoculture Defines Bugs as StandardsEven Microsoft Might Not Obey That Broken OOXMLWhy ODF and Why Not OOXMLTechnical Flaws in OOXML and Technical Flaws in ISO (When Subjected to Sheer Abuse)OOXML: A Broken Design or Broken by Design?It’s a Technical Thing, and OOXML is a Total MessOpenXML is Really Funny (But It’s a Joke That Can Cost Lives)OOXML: Both a Patent Mess and a Technical MessMicrosoft’s Excel Fails at Maths Again, New Warnings About OOXML Defects

There is another new one from Rob Weir.

=> ↺ another new one from Rob Weir

In summary, we are concerned that the ST_Xstring type in OOXML opens us up to problems such as:

1. Introducing accessibility problems 2. Breaking unaware C/C++ XML parsers 3. Breaking XML databases 4. Breaking interoperability with other XML languages 5. Breaking application logic related to string searching, sorting, comparisons, etc. 6. Introducing errors that will be hard to detect and resolve

OOXML cannot be rushed. It’s in an utterly poor state with far too many unaddressed problems. That is a fact. It would be irresponsible to have accepted such an immature specification.

No matter how many people and proxies (e.g. ECMA) Microsoft assigns to this, it cannot be done and it certainly cannot be fast-tracked. You can’t get 9 women to deliver a baby in 1 month. █

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