ISO confirms approval of OOXML, gives two months to appeal

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) announced that its members have approved adoption of a draft standard based on Microsoft's Office Open XML document format, a day after the company itself declared victory. ...continue reading 'ISO confirms approval of OOXML, gives two months to appeal'

OOXML approval only first step in road to adoption

The International Organization for Standardization's approval of Microsoft's OOXML as an international standard is just the beginning of what could be a lengthy process before the file format can be widely and successfully implemented for exchanging documents, according to critics and supporters of OOXML. ...continue reading 'OOXML approval only first step in road to adoption'

ISO adopts OOXML format as international standard

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has adopted an international standard based on Microsoft's Office Open XML document format, according to documents circulated by a member of a Dutch national standards committee. ...continue reading 'ISO adopts OOXML format as international standard'

Balloting ends for close OOXML ratification vote

Balloting on whether Office Open XML (OOXML) should become an international document standard closed at midnight Saturday in Geneva, in an apparently tight vote. The results have not yet been officially announced. ...continue reading 'Balloting ends for close OOXML ratification vote'

Votes roll in for ballot on OOXML standard

Ballots are rolling in for the final ballot to decide whether the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) adopts a file format based on Microsoft's Office Open XML (OOXML) as an international standard. Countries previously against adoption or abstaining, such as the Czech Republic, Denmark and Finland, are now voting in favor. ...continue reading 'Votes roll in for ballot on OOXML standard'

Changes to OOXML draft standard waved through

About four-fifths of the proposed changes to a draft standard for the OOXML document format were waved through, undiscussed, at the conclusion of a weeklong meeting in Geneva. ...continue reading 'Changes to OOXML draft standard waved through'

New York nears decision on ODF vs OOXML

Officials in New York are nearing decision-making time about which XML-based office document format, ODF or OOXML, that state will use across the IT systems of its agencies as the debate over a universal file format continues. ...continue reading 'New York nears decision on ODF vs OOXML'