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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>29500-3:2015 (MCE) was published by ISO earlier this year. It will be published by Ecma in December. So, as with previous new editions, we should ask the ISO edition to be made freely available.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Here’s the draft of the resolution I’ll present to WG4 in Beijing:<b><o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>Resolution xx: Request for Free Availability of ISO/IEC 29500-3:2015, Office Open XML File Formats — Markup Compatibility and Extensibility (MCE)<o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal>SC 34 resolves to request JTC 1 to make ISO/IEC 29500-3:2015 freely available, as it is available freely from Ecma International.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This meets Criteria (2) of Council Resolution 6/2004 in JTC 1 N 7604: “(2) FREE ELSEWHERE: Publications for which authorized identical documents are freely available in electronic format elsewhere”<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Rex<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>