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Release Version of Open XML SDK v2 is now available

Posted on March 16, 2010 by oliver

Several of my colleagues are talking about this today, after four successful technology preview releases the final version is now available. You can download version 2.0 of the Open XML SDK from the Microsoft Download Centre. For those of you … Continue reading →

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Open XPS – the Open XML Paper Specification is now an ECMA Standard

Posted on July 1, 2009 by oliver

I’m surprised I missed this, I’ve been a little distracted by my recent move. It seems that back on the 16th June OpenXPS, the Open XML Paper Specification, was approved as an ECMA standard by their 97th General Assembly meeting, … Continue reading →

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IS29500 (OpenXML) One Year On – Alex Brown

Posted on April 10, 2009 by oliver

As part of his notes on the recent SC34 plenary meeting in Prague Alex Brown has offered a few comments on his views of OpenXML (and in a small part ODF) one year after the ratification of IS29500 by ISO. … Continue reading →

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Planning a DII workshop in Singapore

Posted on January 31, 2009 by oliver

Regular readers will be aware of the Document Interoperability Initiative and the associated workshops that the DII has been running around the world. We have been talking for a while now about running one of those workshops in South East … Continue reading →

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ECMA approves ECMA-376 Edition 2

Posted on December 18, 2008 by oliver

From the ECMA press release; On Thursday, December 4, 2008 the Ecma General Assembly voted to approve International Standard (IS) ISO/IEC 29500 (Office Open XML) as ECMA-376 Edition 2. Office Open XML is an open standard for word-processing documents, presentations … Continue reading →

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IS29500:2008 (Open XML) published by ISO

Posted on November 19, 2008 by oliver

The press release just appeared on their site; ISO/IEC 29500 is a standard for word-processing documents, presentations and spreadsheets that is intended to be implemented by multiple applications on multiple platforms. One of its objectives is to ensure the long-term … Continue reading →

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Eric White has too much to say!

Posted on October 24, 2008 by oliver

My colleague Eric White from our developer group has been quite prolific over the last few months, his blog focuses on LINQ, XML and of course Open XML. He posts frequently, and sometime over the last week has been kind … Continue reading →

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Where did all the "experts" go?

Posted on October 9, 2008 by oliver

Those of you still following the drama that relates to the standardization of OpenXML will probably have caught a story in the Inquirer earlier this week that announced that thirteen of the twenty three members of the Standards Norway document … Continue reading →

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DII Workshop on OpenXML Implementation and Interoperability

Posted on September 30, 2008 by oliver

Doug Mahugh is carrying an announcement of the next in the series of workshops that we’re running in Redmond to support the Document Interoperability Initiative, this time looking at OpenXML Implementation and Interoperability. The workshop will be held on the … Continue reading →

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Open XML SDK v2.0 CTP now available

Posted on September 9, 2008 by oliver

Both Doug Mahugh and Eric White have some info on this, version 2.0 of the SDK for Open XML is now available as a CTP, you’ll find it here. Some of the new features include; The OpenXmlDiff utility identifies differences … Continue reading →

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