From koffice-devel Tue Nov 16 19:19:03 2004 From: David Faure Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 19:19:03 +0000 To: koffice-devel Subject: OASIS Office XML to become an ISO standard Message-Id: <200411162019.04104.faure () kde ! org> X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=koffice-devel&m=110063263627830 Forwarding mail from: Erwin Tenhumberg "SUN, the provider of Open Office who has been instrumental in the process of standardising the Open Office XML document format in OASIS (Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards), welcomed the recommendations and said it would encourage the adoption of the OASIS format as an ISO standard. It also announced that it would shortly release filters providing import and export capabilities to other formats, making them also available for other software vendors. IBM responded to the recommendation stating that they have informed OASIS of their intention to join the relevant technical committee and that they already have products which comply with the existing OASIS draft specification on Open Office XML format. Microsoft has also agreed with a recommendation that urged the company to issue a public commitment to publish and provide non-discriminatory access to future versions of its WordML Document specifications. In addition, Microsoft has highlighted its commitment to support the availability of meaningful documentation, tools and services. Microsoft also states that it will pursue actions to document the existing non-XML formatted elements of the WordML Document format in XML format. Their positive responses represent a significant step on the way to establishing fully interoperable and seamlessly connected public administrations throughout Europe and enable seamless and transparent transactions between EU public administrations, citizens and businesses. Link to the responses from IBM, Microsoft and SUN to the TAC recommendations" http://europa.eu.int/ida/en/document/3463 -- David Faure, faure@kde.org, sponsored by Trolltech to work on KDE, Konqueror (http://www.konqueror.org), and KOffice (http://www.koffice.org). _______________________________________________ koffice-devel mailing list koffice-devel@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/koffice-devel