More specifically, the Geneva-based organization formed a Technical Committee to produce a formal standard of the work that is compatible with Office Open XML formats. That committee will take on ...

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 required ...

Microsoft said Thursday that XML would be the default file format for three applications when it ships Office 12 late next year. The company said its new Microsoft Office Open XML Formats would be ...

Now this is getting to be a real battle. Over the past few days, Microsoft has had a few wins in the drive to gaining ISO certification for the OOXML standard, known as Ecma-376. It so happens that ...

An esoteric but key U.S. technical standards committee decided last week not to endorse Microsoft Corp.’s Office Open XML document specification, increasing the odds that the U.S. will vote against ...

LibreOffice accuses Microsoft of using complex XML formatting as a lock-in strategy. The open-source community criticizes Microsoft's tactics in transitioning Windows 10 users to Windows 11.

When Office 12 ships in 2006, its default file format will be a version of XML the Redmond, Wash.-based developer is calling "Microsoft Open XML Formats." That change marks a major departure by ...

In a move that could bring a chorus of both cheers and jeers, Microsoft has committed to adopting XML technology as the default file format in the next version of Office, expected to enter beta ...

It's been 20 years since the Open Document Format (ODF) became a standard, marking a milestone in the push for open, vendor-neutral file formats — and the beginning of a long but largely unsuccessful ...

A new XML-based file format will become the default in Office 12, Microsoft Corp. announced Thursday, as it prepares to discuss plans for its Office update at next week’s TechEd developer conference.

GENEVA, Feb 25 (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp ramped up its fight to have its Office Open XML document format made into an international standard on Monday as delegates from 37 countries met to reconsider ...