A Norwegian government agency wants to begin a debate about the file formats the government should be using for its data
Microsoft's XML-based office document format, OOXML, does not meet the requirements for governmental use, according to a new report published by the Norwegian Agency for Public Management and eGovernment (DIFI).
A panel of experts will decide which formats make the cut
The Danish Parliament has decided on a set of rules to which open document formats must adhere if they are to be used by state authorities after April 1, 2011, Denmark's Liberal Party said on Friday.
A German institute plans a tool to test software so it can support the latest ISO version of the document-format spec
A German organization plans to build a tool to help developers test whether software they're developing can support documents compatible with the latest version of the Open Office XML (OOXML) standard.
Microsoft rolled out the service pack, which includes support for the OpenDocument Format
As expected, Microsoft on Tuesday began letting users of Office 2007 download Service Pack 2, marking a milestone in the company's document format battles with governments and other vendors.
Microsoft has released the OpenXML Document Viewer as an open source project on its Codeplex Web site.
Microsoft on Wednesday unveiled a free plug-in for Firefox to translate Open XML documents, an update to its document translator and a toolkit for Java developers that was built under the umbrella of its Document Interoperability Initiative.
The fight over OOXML and ODF seems to have taken another twist as the bodies continue to pile up in their wake.
For the last several months Microsoft has been pushing for their Office Open XML (OOXML) office suite file specification to be accepted as an international standard by ISO, presumably to help them gain traction for future government contracts (look, this file specification is an ISO standard, it must be good).
Over half of Norway's ISO body, Standard Norway, have resigned over the country's approval for OOXML, citing Microsoft influence.
Thirteen members of Norway's International Standards Organisation (ISO) body, Standard Norway, have resigned over the country's approval for the controversial Microsoft OOXML document format.
IBM would like to see loopholes that allow dominant companies to abuse standards processes closed.IBM is threatening to leave organizations that set standards for software interoperability because of concerns that their processes are not always fair.
IBM is threatening to leave organizations that set standards for software interoperability because of concerns that their processes are not always fair.
