Definition of a spreadsheet formula language should be put into a separate standard or part to make it reusable in other standards, for example in ISO/IEC 26300:2006 (ODF).
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Proposed Disposition of DIS 29500 Comment CZ-0010 (Modified: 2008-01-04) This is an interesting suggestion, and would be an appropriate topic for consideration in future maintenance of the specification. As stated in the response to CZ-0002, we agree that DIS 29500 has parts “that lend themselves to use by other standards.” The response to that comment describes a proposed division of DIS29500 that addresses the two most commonly noted opportunities for reuse of portions of DIS29500: the Open Packaging Conventions, and Markup Compatibility and Extensibility. The question of whether further division of the standard is useful, and how such work should proceed, is typically a maintenance activity. Another possibility would be to have a future maintenance activity create a conformance class for formulas.
