This document is not listed as part of the Ecma 376 standard in the Forward to Part I "Fundamentals" and its status whether informative or normative is not explicitly stated. Additional Comment: It is agreed that the Overview document is non-normative, however it is a useful paper to the implementer and consistent with similar information found in other standards. An appropriate disposition recommendation will be taken by Ecma as part of the response to this comment.

Clarify the status of this Overview document. If it is merely a promotional whitepaper about Ecma 376, then it should not be included in the published standard.

Office Open XML Overview

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Proposed Disposition of DIS 29500 Comment DE-0140 (Modified: 2007-10-27) The document “Office Open XML Overview” was intended to provide some background and contextual information about OOXML for reviewers during both the Ecma adoption stage and the 5-month Ballot stage of the Fast-Track process. (Such a document is often referred to as a white paper.) As such, this document will not be included in the published standard. Similar Comments: CA-0002 , DK-0043 , GB-0004 , GB-0006 , GB-0007 , GB-0008 , GB-0009 , GB-0010 , GB-0011 , GB-0015 , IN- 0050 , JP-0018 , PT-0002 , US-0004