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    Experts have defended the Open Document Format standard against suggestions that its schema is broken, but the critic who highlighted the alleged flaws has defended his position.

  • 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.

  • Ex-OpenDocument advocates opt for W3C alternative

    The conflict over document formats has taken a twist as some advocates for OpenDocument, or ODF, abandon the format in favor of the World Wide Web (W3) Consortium's Compound Document Formats standard.

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    A standards group has completed work on digital signature technology designed to ensure data authenticity between interacting Web servers.

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    As the company reaches beyond its Internet search roots, critics ask whether success may breed an identity crisis.

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    IT watcher Jon Oltsik says businesses are changing how they think about information security -- and none too soon.

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    Multiple standards muddy the waters and keep customers from taking the Web services plunge.

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    DSML Services for Windows helps you create Web pages that will interact with your organisation's Active Directory.

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    A highly anticipated Web services specification has been approved as an industry standard, paving the way for broader usage of Web services protocols in mainstream business applications.

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  • How open is the new Office?

    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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    XMLSpy 5 is an easy-to-use tool that simplifies the process of manipulating XML documents. This latest release also sports a graphical Web services interface for working with WSDL files.

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