Office Open XML Document
File name extension	. A filename extension is a suffix to the name of a Computer file applied to indicate the encoding convention ( File format) of its contents docx
Internet media type	application/vnd. An Internet media type, originally called a MIME type after MIME and sometimes a Content-type after the name of a header in several protocols whose value openxmlformats-officedocument. wordprocessingml. document[1]
Developed by	Microsoft, Ecma International
Type of format	Document file format
Extended from	XML, DOC, WordProcessingML
Website	Ecma 376, DIS 29500

Office Open XML Presentation
File name extension	. Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational Computer technology Corporation, which rose to dominate the Home computer Ecma International (Ecma is an international private (membership-based non-profit Standards organization for information and communication systems A document file format is a text or binary file format for storing Documents on a storage media, especially for use by Computers Don't change "Extensible" In Computing, DOC or doc (an abbreviation of ' Document ' is a File extension for Word processing documents most commonly for The Microsoft Office XML formats (not to be confused with Office Open XML) are XML-based document formats (or XML schemas introduced in versions of A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages A filename extension is a suffix to the name of a Computer file applied to indicate the encoding convention ( File format) of its contents pptx
Internet media type	application/vnd. An Internet media type, originally called a MIME type after MIME and sometimes a Content-type after the name of a header in several protocols whose value openxmlformats-officedocument. presentationml. presentation[1]
Developed by	Microsoft, Ecma International
Type of format	Presentation
Extended from	XML, PPT
Website	Ecma 376, DIS 29500

Office Open XML Workbook
File name extension	. Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational Computer technology Corporation, which rose to dominate the Home computer Ecma International (Ecma is an international private (membership-based non-profit Standards organization for information and communication systems Presentation is the process of showing and explaining the content of a topic to an audience Don't change "Extensible" Microsoft PowerPoint is a proprietary Presentation program developed by Microsoft. A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages A filename extension is a suffix to the name of a Computer file applied to indicate the encoding convention ( File format) of its contents xlsx
Internet media type	application/vnd. An Internet media type, originally called a MIME type after MIME and sometimes a Content-type after the name of a header in several protocols whose value openxmlformats-officedocument. spreadsheetml. sheet[1]
Developed by	Microsoft, Ecma International
Type of format	Spreadsheet
Extended from	XML, XLS, SpreadsheetML
Website	Ecma 376, DIS 29500

Office Open XML (also referred to as OOXML or OpenXML) is a free and open Ecma international standard document format, and a proposed ISO/IEC standard for representing spreadsheets, charts, presentations and word processing documents. Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational Computer technology Corporation, which rose to dominate the Home computer Ecma International (Ecma is an international private (membership-based non-profit Standards organization for information and communication systems A spreadsheet is a Computer application that simulates a paper worksheet Don't change "Extensible" In Computing, Microsoft Excel (full name Microsoft Office Excel) consists of a proprietary Spreadsheet -application written and distributed The Microsoft Office XML formats (not to be confused with Office Open XML) are XML-based document formats (or XML schemas introduced in versions of A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages A free file format is a File format whose full specification is freely available and for which there are no restrictions (e An open format is a published specification for storing digital data usually maintained by a Standards organization, which basically can be used and implemented by anyone Ecma International (Ecma is an international private (membership-based non-profit Standards organization for information and communication systems International standards are Standards developed by international Standards organisations International standards are available for consideration and use worldwide The International Electrotechnical Commission ( IEC) is a not-for-profit, non-governmental international Standards organization that prepares and publishes A spreadsheet is a Computer application that simulates a paper worksheet A chart or graph is a type of Information graphic, that represents tabular numeric data and/or functions. Presentation is the process of showing and explaining the content of a topic to an audience Word processing is the creation of documents using a Word processor.

Microsoft originally developed the specification as a successor to its binary Microsoft Office file formats. Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational Computer technology Corporation, which rose to dominate the Home computer Microsoft Office is a set of interrelated desktop applications servers and services collectively referred to as an Office suite, for the Microsoft Windows and The specification was later handed over to Ecma International to be developed as the Ecma 376 standard, under the stewardship of Ecma International Technical Committee TC45. Ecma International (Ecma is an international private (membership-based non-profit Standards organization for information and communication systems Ecma 376 was published in December 2006^[2] and can be freely downloaded from Ecma International. ^[3]

An amended version of the format, ISO/IEC DIS 29500 (Draft International Standard 29500), received the necessary votes for approval as an ISO/IEC Standard as the result of a JTC 1 fast tracking standardization process that concluded in April 2008. The International Electrotechnical Commission ( IEC) is a not-for-profit, non-governmental international Standards organization that prepares and publishes ISO/IEC JTC 1 is Joint Technical Committee 1 of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC International holidays and other major events April 1 - April Fools' Day April 4 - Qingming Festival (Mainland ^[4] However, formal protests were filed in May and June 2008 by the national bodies of South Africa, Brazil, India, and Venezuela meaning that ISO/IEC 29500 will not be published until these appeals are resolved. MAY ( also known as: Mei メイ 메이 is a Korean singer well known in South Korea for singing the song "Miracle" Events in June Madaraka Day June 1 to commemorate when Kenya gained internal self-rule 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common The Republic of South Africa (also known by other official names) is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Venezuela (ˌvɛnəˈzweɪlə) officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (Spanish República Bolivariana de Venezuela) is a country on the ^[5]

Background

Prior to the 2007 edition, the core applications of the Microsoft Office software suite (primarily Word, Excel, and Powerpoint) by default stored their data in a format known as a binary file. Microsoft Office is a set of interrelated desktop applications servers and services collectively referred to as an Office suite, for the Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Word is Microsoft 's flagship word processing software. In Computing, Microsoft Excel (full name Microsoft Office Excel) consists of a proprietary Spreadsheet -application written and distributed Microsoft PowerPoint is a proprietary Presentation program developed by Microsoft. Historically, these formats were difficult for other applications to natively inter-operate with due to a lack of publicly available information and royalty-free access to the format specifications. More recently, Microsoft has offered these binary format specifications under a royalty-free covenant not to sue as part of its Open Specification Promise. Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational Computer technology Corporation, which rose to dominate the Home computer The Microsoft Open Specification Promise (or OSP) is an irrevocable Promise by Microsoft, published in September 2006, to not assert legal rights ^[6][7] While a level of support for the binary formats had been achieved by various applications, full interoperability remained elusive.

In 2000, Microsoft released an initial version of an XML-based format for Excel, which was incorporated in Office XP. Don't change "Extensible" In 2002, a new file format for Microsoft Word followed. Microsoft Word is Microsoft 's flagship word processing software. ^[8] The Excel and Word formats – known as the Office 2003 XML formats – were later incorporated into the 2003 release of Microsoft Office. The Microsoft Office XML formats (not to be confused with Office Open XML) are XML-based document formats (or XML schemas introduced in versions of Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Microsoft Office is a set of interrelated desktop applications servers and services collectively referred to as an Office suite, for the Microsoft Windows and

In May 2004, governments and the European Union recommended to Microsoft that they publish and standardize their XML Office formats through a standardization organization. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " ^[9][8] Microsoft announced in November 2005 that it would standardize the new version of their XML-based formats through Ecma, as "Ecma Office Open XML". Events in November All Saints' Day (formerly All Hallows Day a Christian holy day is celebrated on November 1, the day after Halloween Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ecma International (Ecma is an international private (membership-based non-profit Standards organization for information and communication systems ^[10]

File format and structure

Office Open XML main components

Office Open XML uses a file package conforming to the Open Packaging Convention. The Open Packaging Conventions (OPC is a file packaging format created by Microsoft for storing a combination of XML and non-XML files that together form a single This format uses the ZIP file format and contains the individual files that form the basis of the document. The ZIP File format is a Data compression and archival format. In addition to Office markup, the package can also include embedded files such as images, videos, or other documents.

Document markup languages

An Office Open XML file may contain several documents encoded in specialized markup languages corresponding to applications within the Microsoft Office product line. Office Open XML defines multiple vocabularies using 27 namespaces and 89 schema modules. XML namespaces are used for providing uniquely named elements and attributes in an XML instance An XML schema is a description of a type of XML document typically expressed in terms of constraints on the structure and content of documents of that type above and beyond

The primary markup languages are:

• WordprocessingML for word-processing
• SpreadsheetML for spreadsheets
• PresentationML for presentations

Shared markup language materials include:

• Office Math Markup Language (OMML)
• DrawingML used for vector drawing, charts, and for example, text art (additionally, though deprecated, VML is supported for drawing)
• Extended properties
• Custom properties
• Variant Types
• Custom XML data properties
• Bibliography

In addition to the above markup languages custom XML schemas can be used to extend Office Open XML.

The XML Schema of Office Open XML emphasizes reducing load time and improving parsing speed. XML Schema, published as a W3C recommendation in May 2001 is one of several XML schema languages. In a test with applications current in April 2007, XML based office documents were slower to load than binary formats. ^[11] To enhance performance, Office Open XML uses very short element names for common elements and spreadsheets save dates as index numbers (starting from 1899 or from 1904). In order to be systematic and generic, Office Open XML typically uses separate child elements for data and metadata (element names ending in Pr for properties) rather than using multiple attributes, which allows structured properties. Office Open XML does not use mixed content but uses elements to put a series of text runs (element name r) into paragraphs (element name p). The result is terse and highly nested in contrast to HTML, for example, which is fairly flat, designed for humans to write in text editors and is more congenial for humans to read. HTML, an initialism of HyperText Markup Language, is the predominant Markup language for Web pages It provides a means to describe the structure A text editor is a type of program used for editing plain Text files Text editors are often provided with Operating systems or software development

Office MathML (OMML)

Office Math Markup Language is a mathematical markup language which can be embedded in WordprocessingML, with intrinsic support for including word processing markup like revision markings,^[12] footnotes, comments, images and elaborate formatting and styles. ^[13] The OMML format is different from the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) MathML recommendation that does not support those office features, but is partially compatible^[14] through relatively simple XSL Transformations. Mathematical Markup Language ( MathML) is an application of XML for describing mathematical notations and capturing both its structure and content Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations ( XSLT) is an XML -based language used for the transformation of XML documents into other XML or "human-readable"

DrawingML

Example of DrawingML text effects

DrawingML is the vector graphics markup language used in Office Open XML documents. A vector graphics markup language is a Markup language that describes an image at a higher level than a Bitmap -- in terms of lines curves and other Vector Its major features are the graphics rendering of text elements, graphical vector based shape elements, graphical tables and charts.

The DrawingML table is the third table model in Office Open XML (next to the table models in WordprocessingML and SpreadsheetML) and is optimized for graphical effects and its main use is in presentations created with PresentationML markup. DrawingML contains graphics effects (like shadows and reflection) that can be used on the different graphical elements that are used in DrawingML. In DrawingML you can also create 3d effects, for instance to show the different graphical elements through a flexible camera viewpoint. It is possible to create separate DrawingML theme parts in an Office Open XML package. These themes can then be applied to graphical elements throughout the Office Open XML package. ^[15]

DrawingML is unrelated to the other vector graphics formats such as SVG. Image file formats are standardized means of organising and storing images These can be converted to DrawingML to include natively in an Office Open XML document. This is a different approach to that of the OpenDocument format, which uses a subset of SVG, and includes vector graphics as separate files. The OpenDocument format (ODF is a File format for electronic office documents such as Spreadsheets Charts presentations and

Container structure

Main article: Open Packaging Convention

Container structure of Part 2 of the Ecma Office Open XML standard, Ecma 376

Office Open XML documents are stored in Open Packaging Convention (OPC) packages, which are ZIP files containing XML and other data files, along with a specification of the relationships between them. The Open Packaging Conventions (OPC is a file packaging format created by Microsoft for storing a combination of XML and non-XML files that together form a single The Open Packaging Conventions (OPC is a file packaging format created by Microsoft for storing a combination of XML and non-XML files that together form a single The ZIP File format is a Data compression and archival format. Don't change "Extensible" ^[16] Depending on the type of the document, the packages have different internal directory structures and names. An application will use the relationships files to locate individual sections (files), with each having accompanying metadata, in particular MIME metadata. Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions ( MIME) is an Internet standard that extends the format of e-mail to support text in Character

A basic package contains an XML file called [Content_Types]. xml at the root, along with three directories: _rels, docProps, and a directory specific for the document type (for example, in a . docx word processing package, there would be a word directory). The word directory contains the document. xml file which is the core content of the document.

[Content_Types]. xml 

This file describes the contents of the package. It also contains a mapping for file extensions and overrides for specific URIs.

_rels 

This directory contains relationships for the files within the package. To find the relationships for a specific file, look for the _rels directory that is a sibling of the file, and then for a file that has the original file name with a . rels appended to it. For example, if the content types file had any relationships, there would be a file called [Content_Types]. xml. rels inside the _rels directory.

_rels/. rel 

This file is where the package relationships are located. Applications look here first. Viewing in a text editor, one will see it outlines each relationship for that section. In a minimal document containing only the basic document. xml file, the relationships detailed are metadata and document. Metadata ( meta data, or sometimes metainformation) is "data about data" of any sort in any media xml.

word/document. xml 

This file is the main part for any Word document.

Relationships

Relationship files in Office Open XML

An example relationship file (from word/_rels/document. xml. rels)

<?xml version="1. 0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes" ?>
<Relationships
  xmlns="http://schemas. microsoft. com/package/2005/06/relationships">
  <Relationship Id="rId1"
     Type="http://schemas. microsoft. com/office/2006/relationships/image"
     Target="http://en. wikipedia. org/images/wiki-en. png"
     TargetMode="External" />
  <Relationship Id="rId2"
     Type="http://schemas. microsoft. com/office/2006/relationships/hyperlink"
     Target="http://www. wikipedia. org"
     TargetMode="External" />
</Relationships>

As such, images referenced in the document can be found in the relationship file by looking for all relationships that are of type http://schemas. microsoft. com/office/2006/relationships/image. To change the used image, edit the relationship.

Hyperlink relations

The following code shows an example of inline markup for a hyperlink:

<w:hyperlink r:id="rId2" w:history="1"
xmlns:r="http://schemas. In computing a hyperlink is a Reference or Navigation element in a Document to another Section of the same document or to another openxmlformats. org/officeDocument/2006/relationships" 
xmlns:w="http://schemas. openxmlformats. org/wordprocessingml/2006/main">

In this example, the Uniform Resource Locator (URL) is represented by "rId2". Uniform Resource Locator is an URI which also specifies where the identified resource is available and the protocol for retrieving it The actual URL is in the accompanying relationships file, located by the corresponding "rId2" item. Linked images, templates, and other items are referenced in the same way.

Embedded or linked media file relations

Pictures can be embedded or linked using a tag:

<v:imagedata w:rel="rId1" o:title="example" />

This is the reference to the image file. All references are managed via relationships. For example, a document. xml has a relationship to the image. There is a _rels directory in the same directory as document. xml, inside _rels is a file called document. xml. rels. In this file there will be a relationship definition that contains type, ID and location. The ID is the referenced ID used in the XML document. The type will be a reference schema definition for the media type and the location will be an internal location within the ZIP package or an external location defined with a URL.

Structure of the standard

To aid the reader's understanding, the Office Open XML specification contains both normative material and informative material. It is structured in five parts to meet the needs of different audiences. ^[3]

• Part 1: Fundamentals
  • Vocabulary, notational conventions and abbreviations
  • Summary of primary and supporting markup languages
  • Conformance conditions and interoperability guidelines
  • Constraints within the Open Packaging Conventions that apply to each document type

• Part 2: Open Packaging Conventions
  • Defines the Open Packaging Conventions (package model, physical package)
  • Defines core properties, thumbnails and digital signatures
  • XML schemas for the OPC are declared as XML Schema Definitions (XSD) and (non-normatively) using RELAX NG (ISO/IEC 19757-2)

• Part 3: Primer
  • Informative (non-normative) introduction to WordprocessingML, SpreadsheetML, PresentationML, DrawingML, VML and Shared MLs, providing context and illustrating elements through examples and diagrams
  • Describes the custom XML data storing facility within a package to support integration with business data

• Part 4: Markup Language Reference
  • Contains the reference material for WordprocessingML, SpreadsheetML, PresentationML, DrawingML, Shared MLs and Custom XML Schema, defining every element and attribute including the element hierarchy (parent/child relationships)
  • XML schemas for the markup languages are declared as XSD and (non-normatively) using RELAX NG
  • Defines the custom XML data storing facility

• Part 5: Markup Compatibility and Extensibility
  • Describes extension facilities of OpenXML documents and specifies elements and attributes by which applications with different extensions can interoperate
  • Extensibility rules are expressed using NVDL (ISO/IEC 19757-4)

Licensing

Reasonable and Non Discriminatory

Ecma International provides specifications that "can be freely copied by all interested parties without restrictions". Thumbnails are reduced-size versions of Pictures used to help in recognizing and organizing them serving the same role for images as a normal text index does for A digital signature or digital signature scheme is a type of asymmetric cryptography used to simulate the security properties of a handwritten Signature XML Schema, published as a W3C recommendation in May 2001 is one of several XML schema languages. In Computing, RELAX NG ( REgular LAnguage for XML Next Generation) is a schema language for XML, based on Murata Makoto 's RELAX Namespace-based Validation Dispatching Language (NVDL is an XML XML schema language for validating XML documents that integrate with multiple namespaces Ecma International (Ecma is an international private (membership-based non-profit Standards organization for information and communication systems ^[17] Under the Ecma code of conduct in patent matters, participating and approving member organisations are required to make available their patent rights on a Reasonable and Non Discriminatory (RAND) basis. Reasonable and Non Discriminatory Licensing ( RAND) is a term for a type of Licensing typically used during Standardization processes While making patent rights available on a RAND basis is considered a common minimum patent condition for a standard, international standardization has a clear preference for royalty-free patent licensing. That is why Microsoft, a main contributor to the standard, provided a Covenant Not to Sue^[18] for its patent licensing. The covenant received a mixed reception, with some (like the Groklaw blog) identifying problems^[19] and others (such as Lawrence Rosen, an attorney and lecturer at Stanford Law School) endorsing it. Groklaw is an award-winning website covering legal news of interest to the free and open-source software community Lawrence Rosen (also Larry Rosen is an attorney and computer specialist ^[20]

Open Specification Promise

Main article: Open Specification Promise

Microsoft also added the format to their Open Specification Promise^[21] in which

"Microsoft irrevocably promises not to assert any Microsoft Necessary Claims against you for making, using, selling, offering for sale, importing or distributing any implementation to the extent it conforms to a Covered Specification […]"

subject to certain restrictions. The Microsoft Open Specification Promise (or OSP) is an irrevocable Promise by Microsoft, published in September 2006, to not assert legal rights The Microsoft Open Specification Promise (or OSP) is an irrevocable Promise by Microsoft, published in September 2006, to not assert legal rights Office Open XML can therefore be used under the Covenant Not to Sue or the Open Specification Promise.

The Open Specification Promise was included in documents submitted to ISO in support of the Ecma 376 fast track submission. ^[22] Ecma International asserted that, "The OSP enables both open source and commercial software to implement [the specification]. "^[23]

In support of the licensing arrangements Microsoft commissioned an analysis from the London legal firm Baker & Mckenzie. ^[24]

Several standards and OSS licensing experts expressed support in 2006 of the OSP. A 2006 article in Cover Pages quotes Lawrence Rosen, an attorney and lecturer at Stanford Law School, as saying,

"I'm pleased that this OSP is compatible with free and open source licenses. Lawrence Rosen (also Larry Rosen is an attorney and computer specialist "^[25]

In 2006^[26], Mark Webbink; a lawyer and member of the board of the Software Freedom Law Center, and former employee of Linux vendor Red Hat; has said,

"Red Hat believes that the text of the OSP gives sufficient flexibility to implement the listed specifications in software licensed under free and open source licenses. Mark Webbink is a Lawyer and a member of the board of Software Freedom Law Center, which he joined in October 2007 In Computing, Red Hat Inc ( is a company dedicated to Free and open source software, and a major Linux distribution vendor We commend Microsoft’s efforts to reach out to representatives from the open source community and solicit their feedback on this text, and Microsoft's willingness to make modifications in response to our comments. "^[27]

Standards lawyer Andy Updegrove said in 2006 the Open Specification Promise was

"[…] what I consider to be a highly desirable tool for facilitating the implementation of open standards, in particular where those standards are of interest to the open source community. "^[28]

On March 12, 2008 the Software Freedom Law Center, which provides services to protect and advance free software and open source software, has warned of problems with the Open Specification Promise as it relates to Office Open XML and the GNU General Public License (GPL). The Software Freedom Law Center (SFLC is an organization that provides legal representation and related services to protectand advance Free software / Open source ^[29] In a published analysis of the promise it states that^[30]

• "Because of this narrow definition of the covered specifications, no future versions of any of the specifications are guaranteed to be covered under the OSP. "^[31]
• "Any code that implements the specification may also do other things in other contexts, so in effect the OSP does not cover any actual code, only some uses of code. "^[31]
• ". . . it permits implementation under free software licenses so long as the resulting code isn't used freely. "^[31]
• "The OSP cannot be relied upon by GPL developers for their implementations not because its provisions conflict with GPL, but because it does not provide the freedom that the GPL requires. "^[31]

With Ecma International publishing the specification for free and patents made irrevocably available on a royalty-free basis through the Open Specification Promise, Office Open XML conforms to all characteristics of the European Union's definition of an open standard. An open standard is a Standard that is publicly available and has various rights to use associated with it ^[32]

Standardization

Main article: Standardization of Office Open XML

Microsoft's Office Open XML is currently an Ecma standard (Ecma-376, approved on 7 December 2006). Microsoft's Office Open XML Document file format is currently Ecma International standard 376 approved on 7 December 2006. Ecma International (Ecma is an international private (membership-based non-profit Standards organization for information and communication systems Events 43 BC - Marcus Tullius Cicero assassinated 1696 - Connecticut Route 108, one of the oldest highways Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Ecma 376 was created using as a basis a new version of the Microsoft Office 2003 XML file format, donated by Microsoft, which was being created for Microsoft Office 12. Microsoft Office 2007 (officially called 2007 Microsoft Office system) is the most recent Windows version of the Microsoft Office system, Microsoft's

The specification entered fast-track standardization within ISO/IEC as DIS 29500 (Draft International Standard 29500). The International Electrotechnical Commission ( IEC) is a not-for-profit, non-governmental international Standards organization that prepares and publishes ^[33] In a September 2007 vote by ISO/IEC member bodies, the draft text was not approved as an international standard. International standards are Standards developed by international Standards organisations International standards are available for consideration and use worldwide A ballot resolution process in March 2008 amended the text. Microsoft's Office Open XML Document file format is currently Ecma International standard 376 approved on 7 December 2006. International holidays March 2 - Mothering Sunday (Britain March 7 - Nyepi (Indonesia

On April 2, 2008, ISO and IEC officially stated that the DIS 29500 had been approved for acceptance as an ISO/IEC Standard, pending any appeals. Events 68 - Galba, Governor of Hispania, names himself legatus senatus populique Romani, breaking the line of 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common ^[4] In accordance with the JTC 1 directives the Project Editor created a new version with the final text within a month after the BRM, to be published as ISO/IEC 29500. This text has yet to be released in line with JTC 1 procedure (although unofficial copies exist). ^[34]

The current stage of ISO/IEC DIS 29500 is "Full report circulated: DIS approved for registration as FDIS" (Final draft International Standard). ^[35]

Four ISO member bodies filed appeals by the deadline: the South African Bureau of Standards,^[36][37] the Associação Brasileira de Normas Técnicas (Brazilian Technical Standards Organization), the Bureau of Indian Standards^[38] and Fondo para la Normalización y Certificación de la Calidad (Venezuela). The South African Bureau of Standards ( SABS) is the national Standards body of South Africa, publishing South African National Standards (SANS |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld Headline text The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS, the National Standards Body of India is involved in the development of technical standards (popularly known as Indian Venezuela (ˌvɛnəˈzweɪlə) officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (Spanish República Bolivariana de Venezuela) is a country on the ^[39] The standard will not be published until these appeals are resolved allthough the work shall be continued, up to and including submission of the final text to the ITTF. The IEC stated: This is the first such appeal after a BRM process in ISO/IEC JTC 1, although appeals occur regularly in other technical committees. ^[38] Since the appeals system is designed to find a solution by consensus, it is unlikely that the process will result in ISO/IEC abandoning progress of DIS 29500. ^[39]

On May 21st, 2008, Microsoft announced that it will be an active participant in the future evolution of the Open XML standard. ^[40]

Application support

The list here is not exhaustive. A More exhaustive list of supporting/partial implementations of Office Open XML can be found on Microsoft's office open XML Community website.

Ecma 376 implementations

The current Ecma 376 specification of Office Open XML is the default format in Microsoft Office 2007.

For older versions of Office (2000, XP and 2003) a compatibility pack is provided. ^[41] It is available for Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 and newer operating systems. Windows 2000 (also referred to as Win2K) is a preemptive, interruptible graphical and business-oriented Operating system designed to work with The compatibility pack does not require Microsoft Office, but does require Microsoft Windows. Microsoft Windows is a series of Software Operating systems and Graphical user interfaces produced by Microsoft. It can be used as a standalone converter with products that read Office's older binary formats, such as OpenOffice.org. OpenOfficeorg ( OOo or OOo) is a free Cross-platform office application suite available for a number of different computer ^[42]

• Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac supports the Office Open XML format. Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac is the most recent version of the Microsoft Office productivity suite for Mac OS X. ^[43] For older versions of Office on the Mac, a beta release of the Microsoft Office Open XML File Format Converter is available. ^[44] Microsoft had previously advised users of Office 2007 to save their files in the old Office binary format. ^[45]
• Corel has released version X4 of their Corel WordPerfect Office edition that includes extensive support for Office Open XML. Corel Corporation is a Canadian Computer software company headquartered in Ottawa, Canada WordPerfect is a proprietary Word processing application At the height of its popularity in the late 1980s and early 1990s it was the De facto ^[46]
• Microsoft Office Mobile 6. Office Mobile is an Office suite by Microsoft for Windows Mobile Professional Classic and Standard editions 1 supports Office Open XML on Mobile devices. A mobile device (also known as cellphone device, handheld device, handheld computer, "Palmtop" or simply handheld) is a pocket-sized ^[47]
• Apple Inc. Apple Inc, ( formerly Apple Computer Inc, is an American Multinational corporation with a focus on designing and manufacturing Consumer electronics 's iWork '08 suite has read-only support for Office Open XML word processing, spreadsheet and presentation file formats in Pages, Numbers and Keynote (respectively). iWork is a suite of applications created by Apple Inc, containing Pages, a Word processing and Desktop publishing application Keynote Past Global Changes ( PAGES) founded in 1991 is a core project of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP and is funded by the U Numbers is a Spreadsheet application developed by Apple Inc as part of the IWork productivity suite alongside Keynote and Pages. Keynote is a presentation software application developed as a part of the IWork productivity suite (which also includes Pages and Numbers ^[48][49][50]
• Apple Inc.'s iPhone has read-only support for Office Open XML attachments to email. Apple Inc, ( formerly Apple Computer Inc, is an American Multinational corporation with a focus on designing and manufacturing Consumer electronics The iPhone is an internet-connected Multimedia Smartphone designed and marketed by Apple Inc ^[51]
• Altova's MapForce includes support for data integration based on the Office Open XML spreadsheet data format. Founded in 1992 Altova is a commercial software development company with headquarters in Beverly MA, USA and Vienna, Austria that produces ^[52]
• Altova's StyleVision adds Word 2007 (Office Open XML) wordprocessing capabilities to its graphical stylesheet design tool. Founded in 1992 Altova is a commercial software development company with headquarters in Beverly MA, USA and Vienna, Austria that produces ^[53]
• Altova's DiffDog supports detailed differencing for Office Open XML and ZIP archive file pairs. Founded in 1992 Altova is a commercial software development company with headquarters in Beverly MA, USA and Vienna, Austria that produces ^[54]
• The online Thinkfree Office supports Office Open XML word processing files, and will support spreadsheets and presentation files in the future. ThinkFree Office by Haansoft ThinkFree Co Ltd a subsidiary company of Haansoft Corporation ^[55]
• Gnumeric has limited SpreadsheetML support. Gnumeric is a free Spreadsheet program that is part of the GNOME desktop and has Windows installers available ^[56]
• QuickOffice, a mobile office suite for Symbian and Palm OS, supports wordprocessing and spreadsheets in Office Open XML format. Symbian OS is an open Operating system, designed for Mobile devices with associated libraries, User interface frameworks and Palm OS (also known as Garnet OS) is an embedded Operating system initially developed by U ^[57]
• Dataviz' DocumentsToGo for PalmOS supports Office Open XML documents. DataViz Inc is a software company They sell Documents To Go, RoadSync, and MacLinkPlus. Palm OS (also known as Garnet OS) is an embedded Operating system initially developed by U ^[58]
• Datawatch supports Office Open XML spreadsheets in its report mining tool Monarch v9. Data mining is the process of Sorting through large amounts of data and picking out relevant information 0. ^[59]
• Intergen has released a Silverlight plugin that allows Office Open XML word processing files to be viewed within a web browser. Microsoft Silverlight is a programmable Web browser Plugin that enables features such as Animation, Vector graphics and ^[60]
• OpenOffice.org supports Office Open XML import when used with the OpenXML/ODF Translator for OpenOffice. OpenOfficeorg ( OOo or OOo) is a free Cross-platform office application suite available for a number of different computer ^[61] The translator works with SuSe Linux, some versions of (K)ubuntu and Novell OpenOffice. org 2. 3 for Microsoft Windows. Microsoft Windows is a series of Software Operating systems and Graphical user interfaces produced by Microsoft. It can be used from the command line. ^[62]
• The Mac OS X-based NeoOffice office suite supports opening, editing, and saving of most Office Open XML documents since version 2. NeoOffice is a fork of the free / open source OpenOfficeorg Office suite that is ported to Mac OS X. 1. ^[63]
• Online word processor Zoho Writer supports exporting to the Office Open XML Wordprocessing format. The Zoho Office Suite is an Online office suite which includes tools for word processing spreadsheets presentations databases note-taking wikis CRM project management ^[64]
• Xpertdoc Studio is a document merge and assembly product which generates Office Open XML Wordprocessing files from any platform supporting DotNet or the Java language. ^[65]

Filters and converters

• OxygenOffice includes xmlfilter which is the code that OpenOffice. OpenOfficeorg ( OOo or OOo) is a free Cross-platform office application suite available for a number of different computer org 3 will use to process Office Open XML files, and xmlfilter is completely different than OdfConverter. ^[66] This filter however is only for importing Office Open XML files not for exporting them.
• docXConverter by Panergy Ltd. converts from WordprocessingML to Rich Text Format (RTF) and from SpreadsheetML to Comma-separated values (CSV). The comma separated list (CSL is a Data Format originally known as comma-separated values (CSV in the oldest days of simple computers docXConverter can be used to transfer WordprocessingML data to other applications that read RTF data such as Word 97. ^[67]
• Microsoft and Sonata Software created a plugin to convert Office Open XML text documents to DAISY XML, a and open standard format used for creating spoken document for disabled people. Digital Accessible Information System, or DAISY, is a format based on the W3C defined SGML applications XHTML 1 ^[68]
• Google search supports direct HTML view of Office Open XML files. Google search is a Web search engine owned by Google Inc, and it is the most used search engine on the Web. HTML, an initialism of HyperText Markup Language, is the predominant Markup language for Web pages It provides a means to describe the structure Found files can be viewed directly in a converted HTML view. ^[69]

Other products

• Altova XMLSpy, an XML editor for modeling, editing, transforming, and debugging XML technologies supports Office Open XML file formats. Founded in 1992 Altova is a commercial software development company with headquarters in Beverly MA, USA and Vienna, Austria that produces XMLSpy is an XML editor and Integrated development environment (IDE from Altova. ^[70]
• Nuance OmniPage Professional 16, an OCR and Document Conversion Software, was the first desktop OCR application to provide native support for the Office Open XML standard. OmniPage is a high-end OCR tool available from Nuance Communications. Optical character recognition, usually abbreviated to OCR, is the Mechanical or electronic translation of Images of handwritten typewritten ^[71]
• Swordfish Translation Editor, a cross-platform CAT (Computer Assisted Translation) tool based on XLIFF 1. Computer-assisted translation, computer-aided translation, or CAT is a form of Translation wherein a human translator translates texts using Computer XLIFF ( XML Localization Interchange File Format) is an XML -based format created to standardize localization. 2 open standard published by OASIS that provides support for translation of Office Open XML files. ^[72]

Planned and beta software

• Apache POI will support Office Open XML in the forthcoming 3. 5 release, currently in alpha, which is aiming for a summer release. ^[73]
• OpenOffice.org 3. OpenOfficeorg ( OOo or OOo) is a free Cross-platform office application suite available for a number of different computer 0 Beta has read-only Office Open XML support (importing). ^[74]
• Unified Office Format (UOF) Open Source Translator is being developed by Beihang University and partners to convert from Office Open XML to UOF and vice versa. Uniform Office Format (UOF is a Chinese developed Open standard for ' office ' applications Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, now known as Beihang University ( abbreviated as BUAA or Beihang) is a Public university ^[75]

Pending ISO/IEC 29500 implementations

Microsoft has stated that Microsoft Office 14 will be the first version of Microsoft Office to support ISO/IEC 29500, though no release date has been announced. Microsoft Office ^[40] No plans for support of ISO/IEC 29500 in Microsoft Office 2007 have been announced. Microsoft Office 2007 (officially called 2007 Microsoft Office system) is the most recent Windows version of the Microsoft Office system, Microsoft's ^[76]

Microsoft, whose products currently only support the Ecma 376 standard version of Office Open XML, has committed to using the ISO/IEC 29500 standard in their products^[77] and has also committed to participate in the maintenance of this standard.

In a Zdnet article Alex Brown, leader of the ISO/IEC group in charge of deciding maintenance processes for any ISO/IEC 29500 Standard, stated

"I am hoping that Microsoft Office will shortly be brought into line with the [ISO/IEC] 29500 specification, and will stay that way". ^[78]

On March 13, 2008 Doug Mahugh, a Senior Product Manager at Microsoft specializing in Office client interoperability and the Open XML file formats confirmed that version 1. Events 1138 - Cardinal Gregorio Conti is elected Antipope as Victor IV, succeeding Anacletus II. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common 0 of the Open XML Formats SDK

"will definitely be 100% compliant with the final ISO/IEC 29500 spec, including the changes accepted at the BRM". ^[79]

In a ComputerWorld interview from 2008, Doug Mahugh said that

"Microsoft would continue to update the SDK to make sure that applications built with it remained compliant with an Open XML standard as changes were made in the future". 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common ^[80]

Implementations

• Microsoft Open XML Format SDK^[81] contains a set of managed code libraries to create and manipulate Office Open XML files programmatically. Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational Computer technology Corporation, which rose to dominate the Home computer A software development kit ( SDK or " devkit " is typically a set of development tools that allows a Software engineer to create applications Managed code is computer program code that executes under the management of a Virtual machine, unlike unmanaged code which is executed directly by the computer's Version 1. 0 was released on June 10, 2008^[82] and incorporates the changes made to the Office Open XML specification made during the current ISO/IEC standardization process. Events 1190 - Third Crusade: Frederick I Barbarossa drowns in the Sally River while leading an army to Jerusalem 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common ^[83][84] Version 2 of the Open XML SDK supports validating Office Open XML documents against the Office Open XML schema, as well as searching in Office Open XML documents. ^[83]
• PowerTools for Open XML, a set of free open source cmdlets for Windows PowerShell to create and manipulate Office Open XML files at the command line or using shell scripts. Open source is a development methodology which offers practical accessibility to a product's source (goods and knowledge Windows PowerShell is an extensible command-line shell and associated Scripting language from Microsoft A shell script is a script written for the shell, or Command line interpreter, of an Operating system. ^[85][86][87]

Criticism

The European Commission (EC) will look at evidence submitted by Becta concerning alleged interoperability problems relating to Office Open XML, and anti-competitive practices in the schools software market in Britain. The European Commission (formally the Commission of the European Communities) is the executive branch of the European Union. Becta (formerly known as the British Educational Communications and Technology Agency) is a Non-Departmental Public Body of the Department for Children Schools ^[88]

The ODF Alliance UK Action Group says that with OpenDocument there exists already an ISO-standard for Office files and that two competing standards are against the very concept of a standard. The OpenDocument format (ODF is a File format for electronic office documents such as Spreadsheets Charts presentations and ^[89] Further, they argue that the Office Open XML file-format is heavily based on Microsoft's own Office applications and is thus not vendor-neutral, and that it has inconsistencies with existing ISO standards such as time and date formats and color codes. Microsoft Office is a set of interrelated desktop applications servers and services collectively referred to as an Office suite, for the Microsoft Windows and A time standard A date in a calendar is a reference to a particular day represented within a Calendar system A color code is a system for displaying information by using different Colors Reading a color code is often difficult or impossible for the color blind. ^[89]

Specific criticism

• Use of DrawingML and the transitional-use-only VML instead of W3C recommendation SVG. ^[90] VML did not become a W3C recommendation. ^[91]
• Use of Office Math ML instead of W3C recommendation MathML. Office Open XML (also referred to as OOXML or OpenXML) is a File format for representing Spreadsheets Charts Presentations Mathematical Markup Language ( MathML) is an application of XML for describing mathematical notations and capturing both its structure and content ^[92]
• Office Open XML does not define a macro language, leaving this aspect to be application-defined. A macro (from the Greek 'μάκρο' for long or far in Computer science is a rule or Pattern that specifies how a certain input sequence (often a sequence ^[93]
• The standard is long, with the version submitted to ISO comprising 6546 pages. Google alleges that this length is unnecessary, saying that the OpenDocument specification is 867 pages in length and achieves the same goals. The OpenDocument format (ODF is a File format for electronic office documents such as Spreadsheets Charts presentations and ^[94] That coupled with the fast track standardization process, Google claims, reduces the review time per page ratio. ^[94]
• A comparison of some specific items in the format specification documents of Office Open XML and OpenDocument formats is used to claim disharmony within the Office Open XML format. ^[95]

See also

• List of document markup languages
• Comparison of document markup languages

References

External links

• OpenXMLDeveloper.org, Microsoft's site for developers
• Open XML Community site Microsoft's site for customers and partners
• "The WordprocessingML Vocabulary", sample chapter from O'Reilly book Office 2003 XMLPDF (1. 22 MiB)
• OpenOffice.org, How do I open Microsoft Office 2007 files? Article by OpenOffice. A mebibyte (a contraction of me ga bi nary byte) is a unit of Information or Computer storage, abbreviated MiB. org
• Information technology -- Office Open XML file formats, ISO Standards, JTC 1 Information technology, SC 34
• FAQs on ISO/IEC 29500, ISO's FAQ site on DIS 29500
• DIS29500.org, the website containing all technical comments submitted prior to the BRM
• DOCX reference document, contains a file with fairly complex formatting and can be used to quick check compatibility of an implementation