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Microsoft Open XML moves closer to approval
News Ecma International said on Monday that Office Open XML, the document format for the latest version of Microsoft Office, has moved to the next step in the standardisation process at the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).
[April 5, 2007, 8:43]
Brazil says 'no' to Office Open XML
News The bid to fast track Office Open XML as an ISO-certified standard has received a setback, with ISO member Brazil casting a 'No' vote. Microsoft is pushing for the Office Open XML (OOXML) document standard to be fast tracked for ISO accreditation.
[August 24, 2007, 16:35]
ISO rejects Microsoft OOXML
News Microsoft's Office Open XML document specification has failed to achieve ISO certification for now. The software giant's bid to push Office Open XML (OOXML) through the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) fast-track process has...
[September 5, 2007, 13:32]
Details emerge of 'shocking' OOXML meeting
News As Microsoft's bid to have its Office Open XML specification made an ISO standard approaches the final deadline of midnight on Saturday, more details have emerged of last month's meeting in Geneva which attempted to resolve technical issues.
[March 28, 2008, 15:56]
Raymond attacks Microsoft over OOXML fiasco
News Microsoft has been severely criticised by an influential member of the Open Source Initiative over the way it has pursued ISO certification for the Office Open XML specification. Eric S Raymond, a founding member of the Open Source Initiative (OSI...
[September 3, 2007, 15:53]
ISO calls for end to OOXML 'personal attacks'
News The move came as an ISO committee meeting in Norway attracted protesters, who gathered to call for the retraction of Open Office XML (OOXML) from the ISO standardisation process. At the start of April, the document format won enough votes to become...
[April 14, 2008, 13:15]
New Zealand OOXML rejection 'not final'
News New Zealand has rejected Microsoft's proposal to fast track its Office Open XML document format as an ISO standard, but it may change its vote if certain concerns are addressed. Grant Thomas, chief operating officer for Standards New Zealand, said...
[September 3, 2007, 8:54]
Red Hat 'disappointed but not surprised' by OOXML result
Blog Open source vendor Red Hat has expressed its disapproval of the process by which Microsoft's Office Open XML was adopted as an ISO standard. Red Hat was disappointed but hardly surprised that the single-vendor, monopolist-promulgated standard...
[April 2, 2008, 17:25]
ISO approval 'unlikely for Microsoft Open XML'
News The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is unlikely to adopt Microsoft Office Open XML format, now that it has approved the OpenDocument Format (ODF), according to analyst group Gartner.
[May 16, 2006, 12:55]
Developers warned over OOXML patent risk
News Academics studying Microsoft's efforts to promote its Office Open XML (OOXML) specification as an ISO standard have called on the software giant to clarify the language it uses in its licensing specifications, in order to make them easier for the...
[February 14, 2008, 11:56]
Microsoft Office 2007 fails OOXML conformance test
News In a blog posting this week, Alex Brown, leader of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) group in charge of maintaining the Office Open XML (OOXML) standard, revealed that Microsoft Office 2007 documents do not meet the latest...
[April 21, 2008, 8:55]
Microsoft accused of rigging OOXML votes
News Speaking to ZDNet.co.uk on Wednesday, Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) president Georg Greve said unprecedented numbers of Microsoft partner companies from several countries have joined standards organisations and have voted to approve the...
[August 30, 2007, 16:27]
Microsoft Office Open XML gets US knockback
News A clear majority of the participants in the V1 process voted to recommend ISO ratification of Ecma Open XML because they recognise that this is the path to take to enable choice. But while ODF has gained important acceptance from the International...
[July 17, 2007, 18:39]
Critics brand OOXML a Microsoft 'marketing tool'
News Tim Bray, the writer of XML, wrote in his blog on Thursday that Microsoft pushed for its Office Open XML (OOXML) standard to be accredited by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) so that the software giant could use the...
[April 18, 2008, 17:00]
OpenOffice may support OOXML
News The specification for Office Open XML (OOXML, or Open XML), was officially passed as fit-for-purpose by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) on Wednesday, despite many allegations of improper practice in the voting process.
[April 2, 2008, 16:11]
Google: OOXML 'insufficient and unnecessary'
News The OpenDocument Format (ODF) has already been ratified by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), but Microsoft's alternative, Office Open XML (OOXML), is currently undergoing its second attempt to gain ISO approval.
[February 26, 2008, 10:38]
UK standards body taken to court over OOXML
News The UK Unix & Open Systems User Group (UKUUG) said on Thursday that the British Standards Institution's (BSI's) decision to vote for approval of OOXML in a recent International Organization for Standardization (ISO) ballot followed a flawed...
[May 1, 2008, 16:34]
Microsoft backs document-format test tool
News The tool is intended to be a step towards delivering on the promise of the ISO/IEC 29500 and ECMA-376 standards, both of which are based on Microsoft's Open Office XML (OOXML) document format, Microsoft said.
[May 18, 2009, 16:36]
OOXML debacle - time to take away ECMA's toys?
Blog Comment To contribute the Ecma Office Open XML Formats standards to ISO/IEC JTC 1 for approval and adoption by ISO and IEC. To Produce a formal Standard for office productivity documents which is fully compatible with the Office Open XML Formats
[March 5, 2008, 13:45]
ECMA approves Microsoft document format
News In addition, the membership-based standards organisation voted to propose Office Open XML to the larger International Organization for Standardization (known as ISO) for standards approval through its fast-track process, a Microsoft representative...
[December 8, 2006, 8:30]
