Summary:
Rework into a multi-part standard.
Justification:
As currently drafted, DIS 29500 covers many areas that are not directly related to one another. This makes it difficult to review by National Body experts, difficult to implement, and difficult to assess compatibility.

Rework into an ISO-style multi-part standard along the following lines:
1. Introduction
2. Common/Core components and metadata
3. WordprocessingML
4. SpreadsheetML
5. PresentationML
6. Extensibility
Each part should have its own Scope and Conformance clause. This would allow different parts of the standard to be used independently of each other. The Primer is informative and should be published as a Technical Report.

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Proposed Disposition of DIS 29500 Comment NO-0002 (Modified: 2007-12-27) Agreed. DIS 29500 has two parts that lend themselves to use by other standards: Part 2 (Open Packaging Conventions) and Part 5 (Markup Compatibility and Extensibility). In order to allow for normative references to those parts from other standards, we will make DIS 29500 a multi-part standard, as described below. DIS 29500 will be restructured to consist of the following three parts: DIS 29500-1, which contains the existing Part 1 (Fundamentals), Part 4 (Markup Language Reference), and Part 3 (Primer), the latter being moved to an informative annex. (Note: the disposition for comment JP-0030 moves deprecated features [such as VML] from within these three parts to a new annex of DIS 29500-1.) DIS 29500-2, which contains the existing Part 2 (Open Packaging Convention). DIS 29500-3, which contains the existing Part 5 (Markup Compatibility and Extensibility). The conformance clause for each of these three parts will be structured as follows: DIS 29500-1 will have a variation of the existing conformance clause in Part 1, with the concept of conformance classes introduced, and defined for each of the document types: WordprocessingML, SpreadsheetML, and PresentationML. (See the disposition for comments JP-0027, JP-0028, and JP-0029.) DIS 29500-2 will use the existing conformance clause in Part 2. DIS 29500-3 will use a new conformance clause. (See the disposition for comment JP-0080.) Similar Comments: AU-0005 , CL-0039 , CZ-0002 , DE-0120 , DK-0059 , DK-0060 , DK-0061 , DK-0062 , DK-0063 , ECMA-0037 , FI- 0003 , IN-0052 , IN-0054 , JP-0039 , JP-0079 , KE-0003 , NO-0007 , PT-0008 , PT-0033 , US-0021 , US-0253 , ZA-0006