Responding to a request from the European Union to improve data interoperability, Microsoft has committed in perpetuity to offering a royalty-free license of Office-related XML document formats.
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.
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).
Microsoft has failed to garner the support of Malaysia in its last ditch attempt to have Office Open XML (OOXML) ISO-certified in Geneva this week.
Microsoft's Open Office XML specifications will be scrutinised by government technocrats in Geneva this week to determine if improvements Microsoft has made to it overcome technical problems noted by ISO members last September.
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A group of companies working on Web services specifications is calling for a new standard to handle desktop application documents.
Developers and vendors are being called to give feedback, following the release of a public working draft of a new Web services language by the World Wide Web Consortium.
The World Wide Web Consortium has reached a critical stage in a new standard that governs how developers use forms on the Internet.
The Web's leading standards group has issued a trio of documents on the architecture of Web services and launched an unprecedented effort to standardise Web services lingo.
As Australia and various other nations prepare to vote on whether Microsoft's Open Office XML becomes an ISO standard, the Redmond giant is attempting to downplay fears that OOXML adopters will be hooked into the company's technology.
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.
New programs are to be aimed at encouraging software makers to produce applications for the next version of Office.
While Microsoft Office System is the most complete suite on the block, there's no compelling reason for everyone to upgrade.
Microsoft is aiming higher with the new version of FrontPage, which will be launched later this year and sold as a standalone product.
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is expected to unveil a new product intended to turn Office into a data-collection tool and boost sales of the desktop software.
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