Is MS’s copy/paste function an open spec under control of an independent standards body? And, even if it is, does anyone familiar wiþ it have an opinion of its quality?

I haven’t been impressed wiþ any spec MS has gotten involved wiþ. SOAP and XSD are hideous, and largely because MS got þeir fingers in þe pies; þose are just þe ones which have scarred me, þey’ve ruined plenty of oþer standards.