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Topic: Ooxml (1 - 2 of 2 articles)

MS Office to Support ODF Before OOXML

Published on May 27, 2008
Topics: industry news microsoft ms office odf ooxml

Microsoft may still be riding high from obtaining ISO certification for its OOXML specification in April, because they are now openly offering to support ODF in their Office 2007 productivity software. It's a ploy, some open source camps are whispering. It's about time, says others.

OOXML Format as an ISO Standard - The End of ODF?

Published on Apr 7, 2008
Topics: iso microsoft odf ooxml

Big news for Microsoft as they find themselves the proud parents of an ISO 29500 certified OOXML specification -- almost.

The ISO -- International Organization for Standardization's approval of the Open Office XML specification was officially announced on April 2. It is subject to no official appeals from the ISO/IEC national bodies in the next two months and word is there are many questions arising already on the voting process.

Is this the end of the other ISO Office standard ODF -- Open Document Format?