December 2008 - Posts

Ecma approves ECMA-376 Edition 2 aligned with IS29500
17 December 08 10:46 AM

The Ecma General Assembly met on December 4, and one of the matters they addressed was publication of ECMA-376 Edition 2. By a vote of 20-3, the GA approved publication of Edition 2 and it's now available on the Ecma web site . Note that IS29500 and ECMA-376 Read More...

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ODF Implementation Notes for Office 2007 SP2
16 December 08 06:44 AM

Microsoft has today published our first set of document-format implementation notes, for the ODF implementation in Office 2007 SP2. These notes, which are available on the DII web site , provide detailed information about the design decisions that went Read More...

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Miscellaneous links for 12-09-2008
09 December 08 09:59 AM

If you've been at one of the recent DII workshops, you may recall that some of us from Microsoft have been talking about an upcoming converter interface that will allow you to add support for other formats to Office. I'm pleased to report that we've now Read More...

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Brussels DII workshop
04 December 08 02:04 PM

I participated in the DII workshop in Brussels earlier this week, where I got a chance to catch up with old friends and also to make some new ones. Maarten Balliauw and Julien Chable have already covered the event in detail, but here's a brief summary Read More...

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