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Microsoft boosts OOXML compatibility
News The object of the DII was to boost the interoperability between Office Open XML (OOXML) and rival XML-based document formats such as the open-source OpenDocument Format (ODF), which was already a ratified ISO standard.
[December 3, 2008, 11:11]
South African government adopts ODF
News The South African government said on Tuesday that it is to adopt Open Document Format as its preferred standard for software interoperability. In a report focused on interoperability, minister Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi wrote that ODF adoption would...
[October 26, 2007, 13:54]
Microsoft backs document-format test tool
News Several other tools aimed at easing document-format interoperability were also introduced or updated on Monday by the software maker. The DII includes technical vendor discussions, labs and other efforts supporting interoperability across different...
[May 18, 2009, 16:36]
ISO Credibility
Talkback Their work always begins with the primary goal of universal interoperability. ISO and the W3C demand interoperability frameworks that will guarantee application-platform-vendor independent interchange.
[March 3, 2008, 18:13]
Oasis forms ODF committee
News The OIC committee will analyse the interoperability of the document standard and make recommendations for activities it believes will advance conformance and interoperability. The ODF Interoperability and Conformance (OIC) committee will comprise...
[November 4, 2008, 16:39]
Microsoft under fire for ODF glitch in Excel
News Microsoft has come under fire for spreadsheet interoperability issues in its latest release of Office 2007 SP2, but the company said it is an issue inherent in ODF (Open Document Format) 1.1. Doug Mahugh, senior program manager on the Office...
[May 7, 2009, 11:22]
Microsoft reveals how Office 2007 will support ODF
News The guidelines were published by the Document Interoperability Initiative (DII), an interoperability working group that Microsoft set up in March. By publishing notes on how we are implementing file format standards in Microsoft Office, we are...
[December 17, 2008, 15:49]
ISO approval 'unlikely for Microsoft Open XML'
News Microsoft has refused to add ODF support to Microsoft Office, but has agreed to support interoperability with the format. The aim of all the current wrangling over XML data formats by standards bodies is to try and move towards interoperability...
[May 16, 2006, 12:55]
Government shows caution on open standards
News The government has pledged its support for open standards and interoperability through its e-Government Interoperability Framework, but warned that there is no such thing as a document-storage panacea, according to The Register.
[June 11, 2007, 15:45]
Microsoft plans OpenDocument translator
News Microsoft isn't seeing a sharp uptick in demand for OpenDocument, but government customers urged the company to provide interoperability between Microsoft's own forthcoming XML Office formats and OpenDocument, said Tom Robertson, the general...
[July 6, 2006, 10:15]
EC may extend MS antitrust probe
Blog The EC is already formally investigating two alleged infringements of EC antitrust rules by Microsoft, one concerning interoperability, the other concerning Microsoft's bundling of the Internet Explorer web browser with its operating systems.
[February 8, 2008, 15:59]
Killing Microsoft's Clippy with open source
News You need some sort of file format interoperability. But, having said that, it has been difficult in the past to do binary file format interoperability. As a distinguished engineer and architect at Novell, Meeks is tasked with tackling...
[September 27, 2007, 18:30]
Microsoft teams up with Linux distributor Xandros
News According to the two companies, over the next five years they will work on improving interoperability between their servers to improve systems management. We will remain focused in our efforts to address our customers' interoperability and IP needs...
[June 4, 2007, 16:52]
Microsoft launches OOXML drive in Philippines
News CompTIA, which comprises mainly of manufacturers, distributors, application service providers, software developers, e-commerce and telecoms companies, sees the need for commercial companies to "be totally aligned with connectivity via...
[November 15, 2007, 11:53]
OOXML backwards compatibility led Microsoft to ODF
News In its ongoing antitrust investigation concerning interoperability with Microsoft, the Commission will investigate whether the announced support of ODF in Office leads to better interoperability and allows consumers to process and exchange their...
[May 22, 2008, 15:39]
Microsoft to release ODF translator for Word
News The same group of Microsoft partners will now start work on code to translate file formats between Microsoft's Excel spreadsheet and PowerPoint presentation software and the corresponding ODF files, said Jean Paoli, the general manager of...
[February 2, 2007, 8:34]
Bad grace
Blog If only they'd just listened to Microsoft, none of this interoperability, lock-in avoidance and anti-obsolescence would have happened in the first place. I mean, it's not as if Microsoft is keeping anything secret to somehow avoid interoperability.
[May 26, 2007, 1:50]
Higher-education bodies warned over XML transition
News Prepared by Walter Ditch, the Technology and Standards Watch report warns higher-education institutions that they need to start planning the switch to XML imminently if they are going to take advantage of the opportunities for increased...
[August 9, 2007, 17:17]
Sun pushes towards OASIS standard
News We intend to continue developing new interoperability filters for StarOffice and OpenOffice.org as we see new software releases from other vendors. Improved interoperability between StarOffice and Microsoft Office has been seen as one of the...
[October 1, 2004, 9:35]
Six thousand pages, one month, no chance...
Blog Comment And remember that ODF actually has interoperability as its main goal. You could easily say that OOXML is more created for interoperability and OOXML more for continuity and performance. How are revisions used within part of the spec that are...
[January 23, 2007, 15:15]
