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Microsoft makes OpenDocument ISO move

The software giant has joined a group involved in the ISO standardisation process for OpenDocument, but claims its presence in the group 'will have no impact on the voting'. Read more »

ISO crunch time for OpenDocument

The OpenDocument Format has been submitted to the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO), according to OASIS, the standards body that developed the format. Read more »

ODF finally defeats OOXML in document format war?

Microsoft will add native support to Office 2007 for the OpenDocument Format (ODF) instead of OOXML because of compatibility issues — but Microsoft refuses to admit that ODF has won the document format war. Read more »

OpenDocument standard ratified

OpenDocument was ratified as a file format standard on Tuesday night by an international standards group, setting the stage for greater worldwide adoption of the open-source file format technology. Read more »

Adobe's PDF becomes ISO standard

Adobe Systems' popular portable document format (PDF) has become the latest International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standard. Read more »

ISO calls for end to OOXML 'personal attacks'

The ISO has called for "personal attacks" to cease in the debate surrounding Microsoft's Office Open XML (OOXML) standard. 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 »

Google: OOXML makes a mockery of ISO process

The head of Google's open-source programs on Monday urged international delegates to vote against certifying Office Open XML as an ISO standard, saying the Microsoft-led effort poses a risk to users who want unfettered access to documents. Read more »

Despite irregularities, OOXML may clear ISO vote

Early reports indicate that Microsoft's Office Open XML (OOXML) document format appears to have enough votes to be certified an ISO standard but complaints of irregularities and strong-arm tactics are rife. Read more »

Is ODF more defective than OOXML?

The ISO's OpenDocument Format (ODF) is broken and needs to be mended, according to an expert who claims to have carried out tests on the standard. Read more »

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Discuss the impact of ISO 9001 and CMM

ISO 9001 and CMM have similar goals but different methods. Three experts describe what these quality standards mean to the software industry. Read more »

Parse XML with the StAX Java API

Streaming API for XML (StAX) is an API that allows you to read and write XML documents in Java. StAX is a parser independent, pure Java API based on interfaces that can be implemented by multiple parsers. Read more »

Microsoft plays open but patent jaws still have teeth

Despite Microsoft's claim it will not sue developers that build free open source software on Microsoft platforms, a caveat leaves a yawning space for its legal teeth to gnash those that commercialise the software. Read more »

Get the correct time by converting between time zones with PHP and PEAR

PHP comes with an extensive catalog of date and time functions, however, a quicker alternative is to use the PEAR Date class, which comes with built-in support for time zones and is, by far, the simplest way to perform date conversions. Read more »

Certification: What's in a name?

The technology industry is awash with certifications at the individual and organisational level, but are these qualifications worth the paper they're printed on? We investigate. Read more »

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 »

Using XSLT with PHP

XSLT plays a vital role in the transformation and presentation of XML documents. XSLT provides a simple yet powerful mechanism for creating HTML web pages from XML files. You can readily harness some of that power with PHP extensions. Read more »

Using Mono for .NET Linux Development

Learn how to get the Mono beta up and running for deploying .NET applications to Linux and other platforms. Read more »

XML editing from a GUI

eWebEditPro 3.0+XML is a Web-based XML authoring tool that's designed to integrate with content management systems. See how it lets everyday users enter and manipulate XML. Read more »

SQL basics: Query multiple tables

Learn when to use SELECT, JOIN, subselects, and UNION to access multiple tables with a single statement. Read more »

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