In approving the specification, Ecma's General Assembly meeting in Geneva also agreed to submit the standard for adoption by the International Organization for Standardization, or ISO. Approval by the ...

Microsoft confirms Open XML has gained ISO ratification. Looking ahead, expect scrutiny of the standards process and minimal change in the marketplace. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering ...

Companies have completed the first phase of a Microsoft-sponsored project to create software that can convert Microsoft Word documents between Open XML and Open Document Format for Office Applications ...

Forget Super Tuesday. Consider Super Friday. Super Friday is February 29, the end of the ISO Ballot Resolution Meeting which will decide the fate of Open XML as an ISO standard. Opponents say ...

ISO announced this morning that Office Open XML has received approval as an ISO/IEC international standard. According to Microsoft, Open XML now joins HTML, PDF and ODF as ISO- and IEC-recognized open ...

Accusations of irregularities in voting to standardize Office Open XML could mean the results will be challenged. Microsoft expects IBM to push others to appeal. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer ...

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 ...

Massachusetts approves Open XML open document format for use alongside Microsoft ODF. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Wednesday added Open XML to its list of approved open documents formats. The ...

Rather than stacking the vote, Microsoft simply wanted to allow interested organizations to participate in the Open XML standardization process, unlike other rival efforts, a company executive said ...

Microsoft Corp. has failed in its attempt to have its Office Open XML document format fast-tracked straight to the status of an ISO standard. The proposal must now be revised to take into account the ...

In the runup to the ISO vote on whether to approve Open XML, the executive committee of INCITS approved the Open XML draft 'with comments' Microsoft’s quest to have Open XML approved by the ...

Microsoft has suffered a setback in its endeavour for Office Open XML (OOXML) to become an alternative to OpenDocument Format (ODF) as a standard of the International Committee for Information ...