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List:       koffice-devel
Subject:    OASIS Office XML to become an ISO standard
From:       David Faure <faure () kde ! org>
Date:       2004-11-16 19:19:03
Message-ID: 200411162019.04104.faure () kde ! org
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Forwarding mail from: Erwin Tenhumberg <erwin.tenhumberg@sun.com>

"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).
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