The group behind the OpenDocument standard has submitted the document format to a key standards organisation, a move that could make open-source desktop applications more attractive to governments.
IBM and Sun Microsystems are considering forming a foundation to increase adoption of the OpenDocument format, which is emerging as a threat to Microsoft's dominant Office suite of software.
Standards body Ecma International has created a committee to standardise Microsoft Office document formats, handing the software giant a victory in an intensifying struggle over desktop software.
The company behind Web-based word processor Writely announced on Monday that it will handle documents saved in the OpenDocument format.
Responding to pressure customers and governments, Microsoft has announced Office 2007 Service Pack 2 will add support for the Open Document Format (ODF), Portable Document Format (PDF), and XML Paper Specification (XPS).
An e-business standards body has proposed a series of definitions for how corporations should create common business documents.
A standards body plans to build a universal format for communicating the risk associated with network security problems.
A group of companies working on Web services specifications is calling for a new standard to handle desktop application documents.
Multiple standards muddy the waters and keep customers from taking the Web services plunge.
A US standards group is hoping that a key Web language will provide a standard way for computers and technology to describe human characteristics.
Microsoft says it's opening its Office desktop software by adding support for XML--a move that should help companies free up access to shared information. But there's a catch: It has yet to disclose the underlying XML dialect.
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