Ecma, the international standards body accepted Microsoft's proposed Open XML File Format submission for standardization.

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 ...

Microsoft has posted a message to its Mactopia site making two announcements: the Open XML File Format Converter Update to Office 2004 for Mac will be delayed until June (the second major delay ...

The company's bid--started in 2005--to make the Open XML file formats international standards has succeeded, barring any last-minute changes. The ISO (International Organization for ...

European standards body Ecma International Thursday published the first draft of the Office Open XML specification online, as Microsoft Corp.’s file format for office documents continues the ...

Because the XML format was developed to be as wide ranging as possible across a variety of systems, many computers have the built-in ability to open and view XFDL files with plain text editors.

The royalty-free license under which Microsoft Corp. plans to make its upcoming Office Open XML Formats widely available is incompatible with the GNU General Public License.

Office Open XML will eventually become a de facto standard simply because it is the default file saving format for Microsoft Office, which continues to dominate the office suite market.

Even as Microsoft aims to promote more interoperability between Open XML and other file formats, another country has adopted ODF as a standard file format for its documents.

Microsoft’s quest to have Open XML approved by the International Organization for Standards (ISO) as a global technology standard seems to have recovered from a setback it suffered last week as ...