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Microsoft publishes 'incomplete' OOXML specs

Microsoft has been accused of publishing "incomplete" specifications for its Office file format binaries. Read more »

Microsoft Office 2007 is incompatible with OOXML

Word documents generated by the latest version of Microsoft Office 2007 do not conform to Microsoft's Office Open XML (OOXML) standard, according to tests run by a document standards specialist. Read more »

Microsoft greases OOXML wheels with binary tech specs

Microsoft is making it easier to access the technical documentation for its older Office binary document formats and will sponsor an open source project to map those binary formats to Open XML. Read more »

Microsoft prepares for final OOXML battle

Weeks out from a crucial ISO vote in Geneva on the ratification of Microsoft's proposed Open XML standard, Microsoft is engaged in a last ditch campaign to convince the wider industry that its endeavours are in the best interests of users. Read more »

Microsoft's OOXML 'choice' argument squashed

Microsoft claims that Australia will benefit from "greater choice" if local standards bodies vote this week to accept the Office Open XML format as an ISO standard. Read more »

Microsoft: OpenDocument is too slow

The OpenDocument Format has come under attack from Microsoft, which claims its Office Open XML format has significantly better performance. Read more »

Microsoft Office to get a dose of OpenDocument

A group of software developers have created a program to make Microsoft Office work with files in the OpenDocument format. Read more »

War rages on over Microsoft's OOXML plans

What is it about Microsoft's proposed OOXML standard that has boffins hurling death threats at each other? Read more »

Fighting Office with open source

Michael Meeks is a distinguished engineer at Novell. But his current project may be his toughest yet. He is in charge of tackling interoperability between Novell's OpenOffice.org productivity suite and Microsoft Office. And as with anything relating to Microsoft, this involves more than just technology. Read more »

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W3C standards: The relationship between RDF and Topic Maps

In this article we analyse the background of both the the Resource Description Framework (RDF) and Topic Maps standards and their interoperability. Read more »

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