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 month ...

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 ...

Microsoft Corp.’s Open XML file format cleared a small hurdle Wednesday, after documents released by the International Organisation for Standardization (ISO) showed fewer countries harboring strong ...

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 ...

Microsoft’s bid to have its Open XML file format approved as an ISO standard took another step forward Monday when that organization put the measure on a voting ballot sent to its member countries.

REDMOND, Wash. – April 1, 2008 — After more than 14 months of intensive review, a Joint Technical Committee of the International Standardization Organization (ISO) and the International ...

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 advocate.

Microsoft’s Office Open XML document format may have hit the first bumps on its road to becoming an ISO-approved standard. Nineteen countries, including some that have adopted the alternative ...

Amid complaints over Microsoft influence at national standards bodies, tallies from official and unofficial sources show that Office Open XML will pass as ISO standard. Martin LaMonica is a senior ...

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 ...

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