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 ...

The XML interoperability consortium Oasis is slated to announce next Tuesday public access to the first phase of XML.org Registry, an open registry and repository for XML specifications and ...

Microsoft has achieved a small victory in its effort to make Open XML an open technology standard. Massachusetts, the U.S. state that has mandated the use of open technology formats in its government ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

An esoteric but key U.S. technical standards committee decided last week not to endorse Microsoft‘s Office Open XML document specification, increasing the odds that the U.S. will vote against ...

Final vote appears overwhelmingly in favor; input from 87 national bodies contributed to an improved specification. Dubai, UAE - April 6, 2008 -- After more than 14 months of intensive review, a Joint ...

The International Organization for Standardization has called for "personal attacks" to cease in the debate surrounding Microsoft's Office Open XML standard. The move came as an ISO committee meeting ...