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- Office Open XML
- An XML-based file format developed by Microsoft and standardized by ECMA (ECMA 376). It is the default document format for saving applications in Microsoft Office starting with Office 2007....
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- Aspose.Recognition for .NET (zip)
- With Aspose.Recognition you can add intelligent PDF to word processing documents conversion to your 32-bit and 64-bit .NET applications. Aspose.Recognition reads a PDF file, recognizes editable document structures and allows saving the resulting document as Microsoft Word DOC, Office Open XML OOXML, OpenDocument ODT, Rich Text Format RTF, Wordprocessing ML...
- Tags: Adobe PDF, Office Open XML, Aspose, Aspose.Recognition, Xhtml, OpenDocument Format (ODF), .Net, Application Servers, Middleware, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Emerging Technologies, Software Development, Enterprise Software, Software
- Software downloads 2008-07-04
- Microsoft OOXML opponents won't back down
- Microsoft OOXML opponents won't back downIt lies with the winner?Microsoft didn't win--it did it's usual thing of lying and cheating to steal a result it couldn't earn. E.g.,http://deepakphatak.blogspot.com/2008/05/this-is.htmlNot a standard, yetWith the appeals and the lack of publishing, it's still not a standard.OOXML is largely irrelevant and will "die"ISO...
- Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), Office Open XML, Microsoft Corp., OpenDocument Format
- Discussion threads 2008-06-04
- Microsoft OOXML opponents won't back down
- After Hillary Clinton spoke last night I listened closely for what the loudspeakers would play. It was Tom Petty's hit "I Won't Back Down." (UPDATE: Clinton did back down Wednesday, with the official announcement now expected in two stages Friday and Saturday. OOXML opponents, meanwhile, fight on.)...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Hillary Clinton, Office Open XML, Opponent, OpenDocument Format (ODF), Emerging Technologies, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-06-04
- Venezuela - and possibly Denmark - file appeals of OOXML
- Venezuela - and possibly Denmark - file appeals of OOXMLSo let me get this straight....... during an investigation of irregularities in the vote they are allowing an appeal after the dealine. Priceless!Glad to see it.When a company can't even implement their own creation that speaks for itself.No surprise on...
- Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), ISO standards, Process improvement, Venezuelan Government, ISO, Office Open XML, OpenDocument Format, irregularity
- Discussion threads 2008-06-02
- Venezuela - and possibly Denmark - file appeals of OOXML
- This really can't come as much of a surprise, but the list of countries protesting the ISO approval of OOXML is getting longer. Venezuela's appeal has been accepted by the IEC International Electrotechnical Commission but the jury is still out on Denmark. Friday, the IEC said that...
- Tags: Venezuela, Appeal, Office Open XML, Denmark, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-06-02
- What might come of the OOXML revolt?
- What might come of the OOXML revolt?Okie dokieCan you point to who has implemented much if anything at all of OXML? Other posters indicate that Microsoft have said they can't because of changes made by the ISO to the standard (which hasn't actually been released as it was supposed to...
- Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), ISO standards, Process improvement, Microsoft Corp., ISO, Office Open XML, OpenDocument Format, Microsoft Office
- Discussion threads 2008-05-31
- What might come of the OOXML revolt?
- It's late, and in terms of the process it's hopeless, but the appeals of the ISO vote making Office Open XML OOXML an official standard could still have an impact. Andy Updegrove has been giving great coverage of all this at his Standards Blog, and writes that...
- Tags: Office Open XML, OpenDocument Format, OpenDocument Format (ODF), OpenOffice, Emerging Technologies, Office Suites, Software, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-05-31
- Brazil, India, South Africa protest OOXML vote
- Brazil, India, South Africa protest OOXML voteAsk any lawyer[i]Ultimate question: Now that three formal appeals have been filed, is the Joint Technical Committee going to take them seriously?[/i]Well, we can start by asking "what happens if they don't?" We can look in the Directives for answers there, for instance...
- Tags: ISO standards, Office Open XML, ISO, anti-MS, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-05-30
- Brazil, India, South Africa protest OOXML vote
- Brazil, India and South Africa have filed appeals to the ISO/IEC approval of Microsoft's OOXML. At the Standards Blog, Andy Updegrove outlines some of the issues: Brazil's objections fall under two main headings, the second of which was also raised by South Africa. That...
- Tags: Brazil, Appeal, South Africa, Office Open XML, Iso standards, Process Improvement, Quality, Business Operations, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-05-30
- NY commits to open formats as MSFT supports ODF
- New York's CIO, Dr. Melodie Mayberry-Stewart left, submitted a report to the governor and legislature, embracing open document formats but steering clear of picking favorites. Open document formats are a necessity since NY law requires the state to "conduct its business in an open, interoperable and transparent manner."...
- Tags: New York, Microsoft Corp., Office Open XML, OpenDocument Format, MSFT, OpenDocument Format (ODF), Emerging Technologies, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-05-23
- OOXML backwards compatibility led Microsoft to ODF
- OOXML backwards compatibility led Microsoft to ODFIf they can't even support it themselveshow the heck do they expect other applications to support it?even M$ can't implement OOXMLwhile some people are cheerleading this bloated and broken standard.I expect to see M$ droping support for OOXML in the next office 'for technical...
- Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), OpenDocument Format, Microsoft Corp., Office Open XML, Microsoft Office, OOXML backwards compatibility
- Discussion threads 2008-05-22
- EU shows size of Microsoft credibility gap
- The European Union will investigate Microsoft's support for the Open Document Format ODF in Office. It wonders whether the move increases competition. (Picture from BoycottNovell.) This comes just a day after Microsoft, with great fanfare, said it would add support for ODF, Adobe PDF and...
- Tags: Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Office Open XML, OpenDocument Format, European Union, OpenDocument Format (ODF), Emerging Technologies, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-05-22
- Office to support ODF, PDF as 'first-class citizens'
- Big news on the open document format front: Microsoft announced press release minutes ago (actually about 18 hours early, since someone broke PCWorld scooped their embargo) that Office SP2 will include native, "first-class citizen" support for the open source Open Document Format, as well as Adobe's PDF and the...
- Tags: Adobe PDF, Microsoft Corp., Office Open XML, OpenDocument Format, OpenDocument Format (ODF), Microsoft Office, Emerging Technologies, Office Suites, Software, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-05-21
- No Office 2007 for UK classrooms?
- InformationWeek is reporting on new complaints from the British Educational Communications and Technology Agency BECTA against Microsoft's lack of support for open standards. Now that OOXML has been adopted as an ISO standard, it's hard to say where this will go; however, the agency makes the case for steering...
- Tags: Microsoft Office 2007, Office Open XML, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-05-13
- UK education agency nixes OOXML
- UK education agency nixes OOXMLSo because Open XML is not open enough ...... schools should save their documents in the far more closed and proprietary .doc and other file formats. And people are worried about the US educational system!Agree with this moveIt isn't a good idea to expect all the...
- Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), UK education agency, Office Open XML, Microsoft Office, OpenDocument Format, ODF app, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-05-13
- UK education agency nixes OOXML
- Office Open XML – the open standard with a trademark in its name – might be good enough for the International Standards Organization but it's not acceptable to British schools, InfoWeek reports. "In the context of the education system," lack of truly open standards in Office 2007 "can result...
- Tags: Microsoft Office 2007, Agency, Microsoft Corp., Office Open XML, Microsoft Office, OpenDocument Format (ODF), Office Suites, Software, Emerging Technologies, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-05-13
- OOXML expert: ODF standard is broken
- OOXML expert: ODF standard is brokenI guess this guy is digging a deeper hole for himself...He's already been debunked (See http://www.robweir.com/blog/2008/05/odf-validation-for-dummies.html), and he may be in trouble in the UK for being one of the key figured in switching the UK vote on OOXML.Fair enoughPropose amendments to fix the flaws...
- Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), OpenDocument Format, Office Open XML
- Discussion threads 2008-05-02
- Microsoft Office 2007 fails OOXML conformance test
- Microsoft Office 2007 fails OOXML conformance testYes Microsoft said this months agoThey have not yet changed Office to keep up with spec changes negotiated during the ISO standardization process. They have long ago made announcements regarding this and their plans for bringing it into compliance.I can't decide which was more...
- Tags: ISO standards, Process improvement, Microsoft Corp., Office Open XML, Microsoft Office, ISO, software, Microsoft Office 2007
- Discussion threads 2008-04-21
- OOXML appeal possible, but looks unlikely
- OOXML appeal possible, but looks unlikelyStandingISO has also stated that it will only accept appeals of NB votes from the NB itself. In other words, the only ones who can appeal for instance Norway's vote are the people who filed it.Either paid for or bullied into submissionThe results are...
- Tags: Office Open XML
- Discussion threads 2008-04-17
- OOXML appeal possible, but looks unlikely
- The International Organization for Standardization ISO has not received a formal appeal of its approval of Office Open XML as a standard, but it looks more unlikely with each day that passes. To date, there have been "no appeals and I have no way...
- Tags: ISO, Office Open XML, Iso standards, Process Improvement, Quality, Business Operations, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2008-04-17
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