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Office Open XML (also known as OOXML or OpenXML) is a zipped, XML-based file format developed by Microsoft for representing spreadsheets, charts, presentations and word processing documents. It has become the default target file format of Microsoft Office starting with Microsoft Office 2007.

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Extensions: .docx, .pptx, .xlsx

Resources in This Category

• BBC News: Microsoft's standards bid stalled

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7445956.stm
  Article covering the appeals lodged by four developing nations against the ratification of OOXML as an ISO standard.

• ISO/IEC DIS 29500 Receives Necessary Votes for Approval as an International Standard

  http://www.iso.org/iso/news.htm?refid=Ref1123
  ISO press release with news that following the changes made by the ballot resolution meeting, the revised votes on the OOXML standard were sufficient for it to be approved.

• ISO: Vote Closes on Draft ISO/IEC DIS 29500 Standard

  http://www.iso.org/iso/news.htm?refid=Ref1070
  Official ISO press release outlining how the proposed standard did not achieve the required number of votes for approval. The comments submitted by members will now be discussed at a ballot resolution meeting.

• Make that Three: India Appeals Adoption of OOXML

  http://consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/article.php?story=20080530055633591
  Blog post from consortiuminfo.org detailing the three appeals that have been lodged by ISO members over the Office Open XML standardization process.

• NoOOXML

  http://www.noooxml.org/
  Aims to stop the adoption of OOXML because it is based on a proprietary document format and depends on software patents.

• OOXML is Defective by Design

  http://ooxmlisdefectivebydesign.blogspot.com/
  A Weblog containing articles criticizing Microsoft's OOXML format and opposing its use. Includes technical details.

• OpenXML Developer

  http://openxmldeveloper.org/
  Offers news, resources, information and discussion forums about this format to developers. Managed by Microsoft.

• PC World: ISO Rejects Microsoft's OOXML as Standard

  http://www.pcworld.com/article/136711/article.html
  An article providing details of the outcome of the recent ISO voting on Microsoft's document format specification.

• PHPDocX

  http://www.phpdocx.com/
  PHP library for the dynamical generation of Word documents in docx format.

• Standard ECMA-376: Office Open XML File Formats

  http://www.ecma-international.org/publications/standards/Ecma-376.htm
  Official text of the OOXML file format as accepted by the Ecma International standards body.

• Wikipedia: Office Open XML

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Open_XML
  Encylopedia article about the forum, including background, standardization efforts, and controversies.

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