Patrick Durusau, patrick@durusau.net

Welcome to my homepage! Admittedly it is fairly plain but then no one should hire me as a graphics designer anyway.

If you are interested in topic maps, design or auditing of complex markup projects, assistance with grant proposals, tutorials, standards representation or drafting, well, that is another matter.

Recent material that may be of interest:

• Arnaud, Beavis, Butt-head and Process How misbehavior can spoil any process.
• CAP: Editorial Principles for OpenDocument Format 1.2 (version 0.1) A very rough draft of the editing principles that I think should guide my work on ODF 1.2. Comments/suggestions welcome.
• Self-Inflicted Discrimination and GPL Some forms of discrimination are self-inflicted.
• Spotting OpenDocument Supporters A guide to distinguishing OpenDocument supporters from people with other agendas or concerns.
• Competition and OpenXML A business case for opposing OpenXML. Summary: OpenXML promotes greater competition in the after market of add-ons for MS Office.
• A Place At The Table Now that ISO/IEC 29500 is at the table, what do we do now?
• A Non-Standard Guide to Standards Behavior Thoughts on how we should act after the OpenXML ballot and in general.
• Ad Hoc Rules, Process Failures and OpenXML Should the rule making and process failures of others condemn OpenXML?
• Who Loses if OpenXML Loses? Thoughts on what OpenDocument loses if OpenXML loses.
• The 6,000 Page Myth OpenXML has problems but fear mongering based on its purported size isn't helping to solve them.
• "All Their Eternity Is To Butt and Bray" Further thoughts on why my thinking changed on OpenXML.
• Genies, Peasants and NOOXML Thoughts on NOOXML and the V1 Recommendation on DIS 29500.
• On the Importance of Being Heard The Important Lesson of the BRM on DIS 29500.
• Confusion, Standards and OpenXML A preliminary response to Updegrove's apocalyptic vision concerning OpenXML.
• Co-Evolving OpenXML and OpenDocument Format Thoughts on a productive way forward in discussing OpenXML and OpenDocument Format.
• OpenXML: A Poster Child for Open Standards Development? Thoughts on the progress of OpenXML towards an open development model.
• Babel and Topic Maps A "why?" topic maps paper.
• Understanding Subjects and Subject Proxies. (draft) The first in a series of papers on understanding topic maps.