Office Open Xml
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IBM warns standards bodies to shape up
News In the wake of ISO's approval of Microsoft's OOXML, IBM has joined calls for standard-body reform, threatening to bow out of standards work.
Tags: Standards, XML, IBM Corp., Google Inc., India, Office Open XML, Open Source, Standards, Standards Body, intellectual property
Malaysia's blind can 'see' with OOXML
News Microsoft unveils in Malaysia new tool based on its Office Open XML standard that converts Office Word files into "talking" documents for the visually impaired.
Tags: Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Office Open XML, Plug-in, Training, Open Source, Tool, Malaysia, Microsoft Malaysia, software
OOXML gains compatibility via ISVs
News Since its ISO ratification, Microsoft's document format has garnered support from third-party applications. But developers say it's not ideological--it's just business.
Tags: Standards, Office suites, Microsoft Office, OpenOffice, OpenDocument Format, Google Inc., Red Hat Inc., Office Open XML, Novell Inc., Microsoft Office 2007
Microsoft boosts OOXML compatibility
News Documents created using the Office Open XML document format can now be viewed via a Firefox plug-in, while OOXML's compatibility with ODF and Apache has also been enhanced.
Tags: Office suites, Open source, Software integration, OpenOffice, Microsoft Corp., OpenDocument Format, Office Open XML, Plug-in, Tool, Interoperability
Lotus Symphony gets some OOXML support
News IBM has said it believes support for importing documents in Microsoft's office format could help convince large organizations to drop Office altogether.
Tags: Office suites, Standards, Open source, IBM Corp., Office Open XML, IBM Lotus Notes, Mail Merge, Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Office, data analysis
UK Unix users seek funding to pursue OOXML fight
News The U.K. Unix and Open Systems User Group has lost its legal challenge against the BSI regarding the OOXML format, but will appeal the decision.
Tags: XML, India, Office Open XML, Open Source, U.K., Microsoft Office, ISO, Venezuela, Web, XML
Microsoft admits to standards ignorance pre-OOXML
News The company has admitted it had no experience or specific personnel dedicated to software standards prior to getting OOXML approved by the ISO.
Tags: Business applications, Software, Microsoft Corp., Specification, India, Office Open XML, Microsoft Office 2007, Sweden, Adobe Systems Inc., U.S.
UK standards body taken to court over OOXML
News The U.K. Unix & Open Systems Users Group has launched a High Court challenge against the decision by the British Standards Institution to approve Microsoft's nascent document format.
Tags: Standards, Office suites, Office Open XML, Open Source, Standards Body, decision-making, Microsoft Office, industry, desktop, technical committee
ISO rejects national bodies' appeals against OOXML
News Microsoft's document format is now almost certain to be formally published as an ISO/IEC standard within the next few weeks.
Tags: XML, Software, Business applications, Appeal, India, Office Open XML, Microsoft Office 2007, antitrust, Microsoft Office, European Commission
OOXML expert: ODF standard is broken
News The ISO standard for ODF documents is impossible to implement, says an expert who has now found both OpenOffice and Microsoft Office 2007 non-standard compliant.
Tags: Standards, Office suites, OpenOffice, OpenDocument Format, Office Open XML, Alex Brown, consortium, intellectual property, Microsoft Office 2007, marketing
Venezuela and India appeal OOXML ratification
News Joining South Africa and Brazil, the two countries have lodged formal complaints about Microsoft's Office Open XML being ratified as a standard by ISO/IEC.
Tags: Microsoft Office, Office suites, Standards, XML, Appeal, India, Office Open XML, Open Source, International Electrotechnical Commission, technical committee
EC pledges to promote open standards
News With a side swipe at Microsoft, competition commissioner Neelie Kroes has said that future Commission technology procurements will have to support open standards.
Tags: Open source, Software, Microsoft Corp., Office Open XML, Standards, workgroup server, payment, antitrust, Brussels, Microsoft Office
Brazil appeals ISO ratification of OOXML
News The country has joined South Africa in appealing the ISO decision to ratify Office Open XML as ISO/IEC DIS 29500.
Tags: XML, Standards, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Office Open XML, Open Source, blog, ISO, Microsoft Office, Standards
OOXML ratification faces delay after objection
News South Africa's national standards body becomes the first to formally protest the ISO ratification of Microsoft's OOXML document format--a move that should delay the process.
Tags: Standards, Office suites, Microsoft Office, Office Open XML, Microsoft Office 2007, Redmond, International Electrotechnical Commission, blog, technical committee, ISO
ISO offers to take on ODF maintenance
News The move has been prompted by concerns ODF was not being properly maintained by its creator Oasis, says an ISO committee member, rejecting claims of a pro-Microsoft takeover.
Tags: Business applications, XML, OpenDocument Format, India, Office Open XML, Alex Brown, Microsoft Office, blog, technical committee, ISO
