Microsoft's move to make its Open XML document format an international standard could hobble the uptake of OpenDocument, the OASIS-approved document format that is supported by Sun. Earlier this month ...

The OpenDocument Format (ODF) remains “more of an anti-Microsoft political statement than an objective technology selection” by users, according to a report released Monday by analysts at Burton Group ...

An XML-based file format developed by Microsoft and standardized by ECMA. Starting with Microsoft Office 2007, Office Open XML is the default document format for saving applications. See Office file ...

Microsoft Corp.’s Office Open XML document format, its progress unimpeded so far as it speeds toward approval by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) later this year, may have hit ...

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Earlier this week, Microsoft Office standards chief Jim Thatcher quietly announced that Microsoft would add ”two additional formats for use: Strict Open XML and Open Document Format (ODF) 1.2. … [and] ...

REDMOND, Wash. – April 1, 2008 — After more than 14 months of intensive review, a Joint Technical Committee of the International Standardization Organization (ISO) and the International ...

Ecma International has stated that Office Open XML, Microsoft's next-generation Office document format, has moved closer to certification by the ISO. The five-month balloting phase has begun; ...

The Microsoft-created Open XML document format is rapidly gaining acceptance amongst software developers and businesses across the world as it becomes the platform for a new generation of feature-rich ...

Final vote appears overwhelmingly in favor; input from 87 national bodies contributed to an improved specification. Dubai, UAE - April 6, 2008 -- After more than 14 months of intensive review, a Joint ...

Microsoft has decided to submit its Open XML document schema to the EMCA global standards body in a bid to get it ratified as a standardized document format. Open XML is the document format that ...

Company's Open Specification Promise (OSP), designed to prevent patent problems for third parties, provides "no assurances" to GPL developers, says Software Freedom Law Center. Martin LaMonica is a ...