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Final Draft of OpenXPS
27 April 09 05:35 PM

After 20 months of hard work, 8 face-to-face meetings (in Japan, Europe and the USA), numerous conference calls and a load of email, TC46, the technical committee working on the standardization of XPS, has published the final draft of the OpenXPS specification Read More...

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4 x PDF on XPS
25 February 09 04:32 PM

"Standards need to be open, otherwise they won’t be accepted anymore. Interoperability is important, as people do not want to get locked-in anymore. But everybody should still welcome a good, sound technology that aims to bring electronic document Read More...

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TC46 in Genève
11 December 08 08:35 PM

This week TC46 is meeting at the Hôtel Longemalle in Genève , hosted by Ecma International . Details of the work of the technical committee, including summaries of previous meetings, the latest working drafts and issue lists, are available from the TC46 Read More...

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XPS Standardization Update
22 August 08 09:03 PM

There’s an update on the activities to standardize XPS on the Ecma TC46 page . Enjoy. Read More...

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Microsoft Contributes Web Services Protocol to Broaden Interoperability
29 May 08 09:42 PM

As part of its customer-focused commitment to interoperability, of which XPS is one part, Microsoft has contributed its Web services protocol specification for consumer scanning peripherals (WS-Scan), to the Printer Working Group ( http://www.pwg.org/ Read More...

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TC46 Web Site Update
28 May 08 01:47 AM

Martin, chair of TC46, and the Ecma team in Geneva have updated the TC46 section of the Ecma web site. As well as details about the activities of the TC, the site now provides a formal feedback channel and details of active participants. The meeting section Read More...

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XPS and the Office Interoperability Announcement
21 May 08 09:13 PM

Earlier today, the Office team announced that Microsoft will expand the range of formats supported in the Office suite. In addition to the range of formats already supported in the product, support for XPS, PDF, ODF and ISO/IEC 29500 (OOXML) will be added. Read More...

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Three Days in Prison
24 April 08 07:27 PM

I spent 3 days in prison last week, or rather in the former Oxford prison that has now been converted to a rather nice hotel (assuming you like small windows with views of small patches of sky).   Software Imaging had kindly arranged the accommodation Read More...

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