The documentation for Office Open XML (OOXML) runs 7,228 pages and can be ordered on CD from the ISO for 342 Swiss francs ($285). The specification is named ISO/IEC DIS 29500:2008.

European standards body Ecma International Thursday published the first draft of the Office Open XML specification online, as Microsoft Corp.’s file format for office documents continues the ...

Final vote appears overwhelmingly in favor; input from 87 national bodies contributed to an improved specification. Dubai, UAE - April 6, 2008 -- After more than 14 months of intensive review, a Joint ...

Office Open XML (OOXML) is a technical specification that describes the inner workings of how to read and create Microsoft Office documents. In 2005, Microsoft started a process to standardize ...

An XML-based document format from Microsoft. Providing full page layout capabilities, XML Paper Specification (XPS) also allows digital signatures and digital rights to be applied to the documents ...

If the final draft of the Office Open XML specification wins the assembly’s approval, it will become an Ecma standard, and go on to ISO for fast-track approval, which can take six months to nine ...

Even Microsoft is holding off on fully supporting the version of the Open XML specification approved by ISO, yet it will support ODF in Office 2007 Service Pack 2 when that update is released ...

In a statement, the Linux Foundation said the length of the Open XML specification — about 6,000 pages versus ODF’s 600 — has made it difficult to ensure that it meets quality standards ...

Pointing out that the specifications for Open XML run to 6,000 pages, he suggested that a fast-track would be inappropriate as there were "a lot of concerns about what might be in there", such as ...

Brazil says 'no' to Office Open XML The Brazilian Technical Standards Organization has voted against Microsoft's OOXML ISO certification Written by Tom Espiner, Contributor Aug. 24, 2007, 8:35 a.m. PT ...

The complete list of comments can be viewed here. “The Commonwealth continues on its path toward open, XML-based document formats without reflecting a vendor or commercial bias in ETRM v4.0.

If the final draft of the Office Open XML specification wins the assembly’s approval, it will become an Ecma standard, and go on to ISO for fast-track approval, which can take six to nine months.