Sun Microsystems is contributing the XML file format specification utilized in the OpenOffice.org 1.0 project to a new technical committee recently formed by the OASIS standards body. The new ...

Using XML and Zip is not a unique approach, however, given that open-source Office competitor OpenOffice (sponsored by Sun) has been using an XML-based file format and Zip compression to store ...

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.

Learn More The first draft of the Office Open XML file format specification, which Microsoft submitted to standards body Ecma International in November 2005, has been published.

Microsoft has won approval for its Office Open XML document format from international standards body ECMA International. ECMA’s General Assembly voted 20-1 in favor of the standard at a meeting ...

Published Tuesday, July 31st The Microsoft MacBU has released a new version of the Office Open XML File Converter 0.2, a tool for converting Office Open XML files (as are generated by Office 2007 ...

Because Microsoft has opened up the technical ingredients for Office Open XML, Microsoft's Robertson said, he expects "very wide uptake" of the format -- citing support in products from Novell ...

Critics are making much ado about Microsoft's Open XML format, which may be adopted as an international standard this weekend.

The Microsoft Office Open XML File Format Converter for Mac 0.1b can convert .docx and .docm documents (the latter are Word macro-enabled documents) into RTF format, which can be opened in Word 2004 ...

Burton Group, in a report that it said wasn't commissioned or funded by Microsoft, recommends that users adopt Microsoft's Open XML file format instead of the rival ODF one.

Microsoft's Open XML format has just been turned down for international standard status. Microsoft reportedly fails two major criteria for standards designation under the rules of the ISO and the ...

With new Open Office support for Microsoft's XML, such moves may leave a place for Microsoft in state offices.