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May 2007 - Posts

Java Open XML API Project officially launched!

The Java API library project started by Julien Chable ( Wygwam France) has officially launched at http://www.openxml4j.org . Java developers now have a nice set of methods which will allow them to create rich Open XML documents for consumption by office Read More...
Posted Thursday, May 31, 2007 9:19 PM by craigkitterman | 1 Comments

Welcome Adam Wiener to the Blogosphere!

I would like to welcome my colleague Adam Wiener to the blogosphere. Adam is a XML and data guru and is currently driving some great interoperability work in the identity space that he will be discussing regularly (I hope) on his blog . Please take a Read More...
Posted Wednesday, May 30, 2007 1:35 AM by craigkitterman | 0 Comments

Update from INTEROP Las Vegas

The show is off to a great start with one more day remaining. The booth has been extremely busy and we are getting good feedback from the NAC partners in our internal booth partner pavilion about the quality of dialog and interest from the folks milling Read More...
Posted Thursday, May 24, 2007 12:30 AM by craigkitterman | 1 Comments

Open XML to/from UOF translation project underway!

Today we announced our support for an open source project to provide interoperability between the Chinese UOF format and the Ecma Open XML format. By building and leveraging a translation mechanism, users will be able to choose between the document format Read More...
Posted Monday, May 21, 2007 9:16 AM by craigkitterman | 2 Comments

Interop Las Vegas: T-minus one week!

I am looking forward Interop Las Vegas next week at the Mandalay Bay convention center. Microsoft will have a large footprint in the expo hall and will also be featuring a keynote on Wednesday by Bob Muglia and a few other session speakers (including Read More...
Posted Monday, May 14, 2007 4:29 PM by craigkitterman | 0 Comments

DIN working group formed on translation of document formats!

The Fraunhofer Institute in Berlin today announced a new DIN working group that will be focused on document translation to support interoperability! The working group is open and has issued an invitation for participation. The output of this group will Read More...
Posted Friday, May 11, 2007 8:22 PM by craigkitterman | 0 Comments

Pragmatism in IT

The approach of Microsoft in the context of interoperability is one of proactivity and pragmatism. The reality of the IT ecosystem is that heterogeneity is reality and that we as a company (and an industry) must continually adapt to properly address the Read More...
Posted Thursday, May 10, 2007 8:00 PM by craigkitterman | 0 Comments

OpenXMLCommunity.org

The Open XML Community site launched yesterday, with an inaugural list of members including over 300 companies worldwide supporting Open XML and its ISO standardization. Have a look at http://www.openxmlcommunity.org . Great momentum is building in the Read More...
Posted Wednesday, May 09, 2007 5:20 PM by craigkitterman | 1 Comments

Open XML Support on Palm OS!

I just saw what appears to be a great product by DataViz that enables support of Open XML documents on Smartphones and PDAs running the Palm OS. I haven't evaluated it so can't speak to its quality (sorry, I don't use Palm OS) but it is a great demonstration Read More...
Posted Tuesday, May 01, 2007 6:29 PM by craigkitterman | 0 Comments
 
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