January 2008 - Posts

More thoughts on harmonization
31 January 08 10:54 PM
Brian Jones has a post this afternoon on the concept of harmonization of document formats, and in particular harmonization of the Open XML and ODF formats. After reading that post, Rick Jelliffe's ODF Alliance love letter , and Gray Knowlton's list of Read More...
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Open XML links for 01-31-2008
31 January 08 02:29 PM
Another busy day for me, with very little time for blogging, but there's so much going on in the Open XML world these days that my RSS feeds seem to have an "Open XML links" post ready and waiting every time I look. Here's what's new in my feeds today Read More...
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The Silver Bullet of Harmonization
30 January 08 11:42 AM
My friend and colleague Jasper Bojsen has written an interesting post on a tactic some are using to fight Open XML standardization: Myth: ISO Approval of Open XML Will Hurt Interoperability . Jasper usually posts in Danish, a language with which I am Read More...
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Open XML links for 01-30-2008
30 January 08 08:25 AM
Open XML and XSLT with XMLSpy. Alex Falk has a great post on how to create a simple XSLT that transforms WordprocessingML into HTML, using the built-in support for both Open XML and XSLT that SMLSpy provides. It's the first in a series he'll be doing, Read More...
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Open XML links for 01-25-2008
25 January 08 09:43 AM
TechDays 2008. TechDays 2008 is coming soon to Ghent, and Gill Cleeren has the details. I enjoyed presenting there last year, and this year Chad Hower will be doing a session on Open XML. It's a great event in a beautiful city, so register now . DAISY Read More...
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Open XML links for 01-23-2008
23 January 08 09:31 PM
Reading Reed. my colleague Reed Shaffner has started blogging. This should be fun. Reed is the driving force behind the DAISY translator project , and one of the most dynamic and creative people on the Office product management team. Watch for Reed to Read More...
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Welcome to the party, IBM!
18 January 08 03:25 PM
I learned this afternoon from Gray Knowlton , that a commenter on Brian's blog had linked to a couple of interesting items over on IBM.com . It looks like IBM has at least a couple of products that are now supporting the Open XML formats. The WebSphere Read More...
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Open XML links for 01-18-2007
18 January 08 07:15 AM
Google's support for the Open XML formats continues to improve. They recently started identifying DOCX, XLSX, and PPTX files correctly, and now their ability to render Open XML documents is getting better. Brian Jones has some screen shots and other details. Read More...
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Binary documentation and translator project
16 January 08 04:36 PM
Brian Jones has some good news today for developers who want to work with both the binary Office formats (doc/xls/ppt) and the Open XML formats: one of the proposed dispositions to the DIS 29500 comments describes how Microsoft is going to make it easier Read More...
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DIS 29500 proposed dispositions
14 January 08 04:42 PM
Today's announcement from Ecma that written responses have been provided for all 3,522 national body comments in the DIS 29500 standards process is a major milestone for all involved. Brian Jones has a few details on his blog as well. Looking at the magnitude Read More...
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"Breaking news" on NOOOXML.org
12 January 08 08:54 PM
Apparently the lack of IPR issues around Open XML ( Oliver and Jason have recent coverage of this non-issue) has forced NOOOXML.org to reach way down into their bag of tricks and try to resuscitate a long-forgotten story. I noticed the above breaking Read More...
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Open XML links for 01-11-2007
11 January 08 05:12 PM
I've been pretty busy since the holidays, and consequently haven't got around to posting links to all of the great Open XML information that I've come across lately. So without further delay, here are some of my favorite Open XML blog posts and projects Read More...
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Open XML in Japan
08 January 08 02:22 PM
Open XML Book. Yoko Girier of Toshiba has written a book that provides an overview of the Open XML formats in Japanese. As a member of Ecma TC45, the technical committee that created the Ecma 376 specification, Yoko offers a well-informed view of the Read More...
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