To join the Open XML Community, applicants must “register” their support for the file format by filling out an online form and providing an optional quote that Microsoft is free to publish and ...

An online petition posted by Microsoft to fast-track the standardization of its Office Open XML document format masks the company's concern over the procedure, according to a leading open-source ...

Novell Inc. posted an Open XML translator for the OpenOffice.org productivity suite today, making good on a December 2006 promise to add Microsoft Office 2007 file format capability to the open ...

Ecma, the international standards body accepted Microsoft's proposed Open XML File Format submission for standardization.

Microsoft Corp. has won approval for its Offfice Open XML document format from international standards body ECMA International. ECMA’s General Assembly voted by 20-1 in favor of the standard at ...

Open XML now joins HTML, PDF and ODF as ISO- and IEC-recognized open document format standards. "With 86 percent of voting national bodies supporting ratification, there is overwhelming support for ...

But Ecma's approval wasn't unanimous -- IBM voted against Open XML, saying OpenDocument, which is the default format in OpenOffice, is a "vastly superior" format, and another standard was unnecessary.

The ISO vote to approve Open XML as an international standard is only the first step in a long implementation process, say both critics and supporters of the file format.