Patrick Durusau, patrick@durusau.net

I offer standards writing/editing and consulting services on OpenDocument, topic maps and related technologies.

Recent material that may be of interest:

• Voting No on TGF at OASIS Deadline - April 25, 2013.
• ODF Editor Sponsors Past and Future Thanks to old sponsors, call for new ones.
• Another Word For It In response to popular demand, ;-), I have started a blog on topic maps and semantic integration.
• Understanding Subjects and Subject Proxies. (draft) The first in a series of papers on understanding topic maps.
• What's There To Like About Microsoft Office 2007 SP 2? Thoughts on the value of another implementation of ODF.
• Identifiers For ODF and OOXML Constructs The beginnings of a proposal to create identifiers (psst - PSIs) for ODF and OOXML
• OpenDocument Format Maintenance Agreement One way to keep ISO and OASIS versions of ODF synchronized.
• Old Wine In New Skins ODF and OOXML viewed as a continuation of a very old debate in markup circles.
• My Standards Education The first in a series of essays on effective participation in standards work.
• JTC 1 Reform One possible shape of reform to come.
• You're Not LISTENING TO ME! Appeals, listening and teenagers.
• Appeals, Products and ISO 29500 One possible reason IBM opposes ISO 29500.
• Appealing ISO/IEC 29500 Some appeals are a waste of time, no matter what the results.
• Groklaw and Standards 101 Why asking Microsoft to fix YEARFRAC is simply wrong.
• Does Microsoft Have Brown Eyes? Some thoughts on how our reactions to attempts to change at Microsoft may drive the outcome of those efforts.
• "Not With A Bang, But With A Whimper" Ending the document format war that never was. Microsoft adopts OpenDocument Format.
• Divorce, Trust and Microsoft Immediate steps towards building trust with Microsoft in the OpenDocument community.