Microsoft is trumpeting support for its Office Open XML document file format as an international standard from more than 300 companies and organizations on a new "community" Web site set up by the ...

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Microsoft has decided to submit its Open XML document schema to the EMCA global standards body in a bid to get it ratified as a standardized document format. Open XML is the document format that ...

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

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.

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 ...

Open XML is being championed by another standards group, Ecma International, which in December approved 20-1 a proposal to certify Open XML, the native document format in Office 2007.

An online petition set up by Microsoft to fast-track the standardisation of its Office Open XML document format masks Redmond's concern over the procedure, according to a leading open-source ...

Citing statements of support from more than 300 companies and organizations, Microsoft claimed on Tuesday that interest in its Office Open XML file format continues to grow. Comments backing the ...