Ecma Standard 376 – Office Open XML formats

ECMA Standard 376

Wouter van Vugt — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 11:46:03 GMT

I've just learned through the blog of Brian Jones that the Office Open XML spec has been accepted as

Microsoft Office Open XML Format ist ECMA Standard 376

We did start the fire (sorry Billy) — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 13:39:12 GMT

Der erste Schritt ist geschafft. Das Office Open XML Format wurde von der ECMA als Standard anerkannt.

Open XML and extensibility

Jean Goffinet — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 15:05:47 GMT

Hi Brian,

Congratulations for this success! I'd like to point out an issue related to Open XML and extensibility that I reported on the ODF Converter Team blog (http://odf-converter.sourceforge.net/blog/index.php?2006/12/07/16-open-xml-and-extensibility). Any suggestion will be appreciated!

Best regards,

Jean

re: Ecma Standard 376 – Office Open XML formats

JasonG — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 16:49:04 GMT

That's great, hopefully ISO soon to follow. LOL at the IBM sour grapes. ;)

re: Ecma Standard 376 – Office Open XML formats

Ghibertii — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 20:02:45 GMT

Brian- you know, as well as everyone else, that MS didn't put up any road blocks to ODF because they knew once they released Office with Open XML as the default file format, ODF would be relegated to "second tier" status. (Minus the hardcore ODF supporters) Also, it is not really a surprise Apple or Novel supports it. What were you expecting them to say, "Hell no we aren't going to support Open XML, we don't need Office support?" Honestly.

Open XML = Standard by default

IBM votes against Microsoft document standard

Brutus — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 20:34:33 GMT

I just read that IBM voted NO to making Open XML an ECMA standard. Fortunately, they were the only NO vote. I knew that IBM's ODF folks were petty beyond belief, but this really takes the cake.

CNet's story:

http://news.com.com/2061-10795_3-6141703.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news

IBM's Bob Sutor trying to justify himself:

http://www.sutor.com/newsite/blog-open/?p=1264

Really pathetic. My respect for IBM just got cut in half.

ECMA Finally Approves Open XML Formats

Joe On .NET — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 21:13:28 GMT

ECMA Finally Approves Open XML Formats

Joe Stagner - Frustrated by Design ! — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 21:13:29 GMT

Read here Brian Jones: Open XML Formats : Ecma Standard 376 – Office Open XML formats .

re: Ecma Standard 376 – Office Open XML formats

Francis — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 21:21:29 GMT

It is funny how the IBM people always forget ODF's StarOffice heritage when talking about how forward-looking ODF is.

Would they prefer that MS stay with closed, gobbledy-gooky binary formats and thus force IBM's own programmers to continue to struggle with them?

Besides, if they don't like OpenXML they can always use a transform on it.

Vive le Open XML Revolution

Doug Mahugh — Sat, 09 Dec 2006 01:25:09 GMT

What a week! First we had Novell's announcement of Open XML support in OpenOffice , which came just after

re: Ecma Standard 376 – Office Open XML formats

Cyril — Sat, 09 Dec 2006 02:44:22 GMT

Kudos to all those who worked hard to make it happen. That's a very impressive effort.

This raises my Office programming experience to a level I wouldn't have dreamed of two years ago.

Keep up the good work!

And shame on IBM:

ODF is great, OOXML is great. Let the customers decide what's best for their specific need and stop this "we're right, you're wrong" attitude.

re: Ecma Standard 376 – Office Open XML formats

mario — Sat, 09 Dec 2006 06:46:50 GMT

What is so difficult to understand again? ODF is a multi-vendor and multi-implementation specification.

MSOOX has been hastily thrown together because Microsofts last two Office XML formats didn't stick. And I'm pretty sure cross-plattform and multi-implementation fitnes wasn't a goal for the spec.

So why should it be useful as _recommended_ international standard? It's probably okay for rescuing your data from former vendor lock-in, but that's as far as that overly lengthy and quirky specifications advantages go. (Okay, I made that up. Don't know it for real, because the final spec is not even available.)

Open XML is an ECMA Standard

Stanley Tan's Blog — Sat, 09 Dec 2006 07:14:09 GMT

It's finally official. Today the Ecma General Assembly voted almost unanimously to approve the Office

Open XML Formats : Ecma Standard 376 – Office Open XML formats

eScience @ Microsoft — Sat, 09 Dec 2006 20:11:11 GMT

Great info from Brian Jones on the Open XML standards as well interop solutions. Ecma Standard 376 –

Open XML Formats : Ecma Standard 376 – Office Open XML formats

Dan on eScience & Technical Computing @ Microsoft — Sat, 09 Dec 2006 20:11:13 GMT

Great info from Brian Jones on the Open XML standards as well interop solutions. Ecma Standard 376 –

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re: Ecma Standard 376 – Office Open XML formats

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Dwight Walker — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 06:10:43 GMT

I am sad that Microsoft has dominated our industry. I prefer open source options that allow people to adapt and modify code and not be locked into one vendor's huge control over the format of what everyday users use and force us developers to conform to it or lose business. This is domination. I will persist in using open source options and reverse engineer the specification so I can write my own tools to import from Open XML Format into more usable formats.

Open XML is an ECMA Standard

ChewyTest — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 13:11:21 GMT

It's finally official. Today the Ecma General Assembly voted almost unanimously to approve the Office