Months of wrangling and at least one revote following vote problems result in approval for Microsoft XML alternative.
According to multiple observers of the ISO re-vote on making Microsoft's OpenXML an ISO standard, OpenXML is on its way to becoming an ISO standard.

The three sites that have been following the ISO (International Organization for Standardization) re-vote on the OpenXML standard—Command Line Warriors, Open Malaysia, and ConsortiumInfo—are all reporting that, barring some unforeseen circumstances, OpenXML will become an ISO standard.

Since none of the authors at these sites are pro-OpenXML it seems a foregone conclusion that Microsoft was successful in its OpenXML standardization efforts.

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