Accessibility of OpenXML

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Open XML — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 12:55:36 GMT

Microsoft a annoncé le 13 novembre en partenariat avec le consortium DAISY ( Digital Accessible Information

re: Accessibility of OpenXML

andy — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 18:24:59 GMT

What pathetic bull**** [censored by Brian]: ""Microsoft's announcement is monumental in .... It provides a clear, production path for organizations and universities who will be able to use the Microsoft plug-in to move into DAISY XML. Putting tools in the hands of people who create content is a giant step toward creating equal access to information."

Rhetorics for stalinists and fascists. A bit over the top for converter vapourware.

re: Accessibility of OpenXML

BrianJones — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 18:40:37 GMT

What's your problem? Is there a bug in the translator that you're having problems with? Do you just not like the message? What's up?

-Brian

re: Accessibility of OpenXML

Dave S. — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 07:34:08 GMT

"In this age of ubiquitous connectivity, we rely on a document format that allows us, our industry, content providers and users choices for accessing billions of legacy documents and, going forward, creating countless more documents. The Open XML open standard achieves that goal. We look forward to seeing Open XML become an ISO standard."

- Sam Stravato – CTO

How does (MS)Open-XML becoming an ISO standard offer choices for accessing billions of legacy documents? Aren't applications necessary to access those documents? Does Sam want only one format? I thought the MS position was a new format for every need. He doesn't work for MS, but an MS employee chose to highlight the quote.

re: Accessibility of OpenXML

BrianJones — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 19:11:36 GMT

The key design goal of the Open XML format was that it coudl faithfully represent the existing binary documents from Microsoft Office. There are billions of those documents out there, and now they can be moved into a format that is an open standard without any negative impact on the owners of those documents.

Once those documents are moved into this open format, there are a whole host of choices for how you access them. There are already a large number of applications that support the open xml format (MS Office; Corel; Apple iWork; OpenOffice; AbiWord; NeoOffice; iPhone; SmartPhone/PocketPC; Palm OS; etc.)

-Brian