MS Office 2003 XML Reference Schemas
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A game of Zendohttp://www.robweir.com/blog/2006/07/game-of-zendo.html In this entry Rob Weir discusses the official and unofficial constraints on the development of Ecma Office Open XML, considers what it means for the standard, with reference to the inductive logic game of Zendo, takes a dive into Art Page Border as an example of how OOXML is overconstrained and why that causes problems, and shows how to do Art Page Borders better, while still preserving copatibility with legacy documents.- MS Office 2003 XML Reference Schemas - |
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A mockery of international standardshttp://news.zdnet.com/2036-2_22-6078698.html Microsoft uses its own document file format in its software, while companies like Novell and IBM use the OpenDocument Format. ZDNet Executive Editor David Berlind explains how these two competing standards are being handled by an international organization.- MS Office 2003 XML Reference Schemas - Document Formats - OpenDocument - |
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OpenDocument vs. Office Open XMLhttp://www.publish.com/article2/0,1895,1933744,00.asp Short comparison by Todd Spangler. March 3, 2006- MS Office 2003 XML Reference Schemas - Document Formats - OpenDocument - |
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Office standards battle grinds onhttp://news.com.com/Office+standards+battle+grinds+on/2100-1012_3-5991965.html Standards body Ecma International has created a committee to standardize Microsoft Office document formats, handing the software giant a victory in an intensifying struggle over desktop software. CNET News.com, 13. December 2005.- MS Office 2003 XML Reference Schemas - Document Formats - OpenDocument - |
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Microsoft Covenant Regarding Office 2003 XML Reference Schemashttp://www.microsoft.com/office/xml/covenant.mspx Microsoft irrevocably covenants that it will not seek to enforce any of its patent claims necessary to conform to the technical specifications for the Microsoft Office 2003 XML Reference Schemas.- MS Office 2003 XML Reference Schemas - Document Formats - |
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Q&A with Jean Paolihttp://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2005/nov05/11-21Ecma.mspx On the submission of Office Open XML Document Formats to Ecma International- MS Office 2003 XML Reference Schemas - Document Formats - |
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Why OpenDocument Won (and Microsoft Office Open XML Didn't)http://www.dwheeler.com/essays/why-opendocument-won.html Essay by David A. Wheeler. September 2, 2005- MS Office 2003 XML Reference Schemas - Document Formats - OpenDocument - |
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Gates up to old tricks over intellectual property rightshttp://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?ObjectID=10115247 Adam Gifford: About Microsoft's Patent 525484 in New Zealand. The New Zealand Herald, 15 March 2005.- MS Office 2003 XML Reference Schemas - |
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Microsoft seeks XML-related patentshttp://news.com.com/2100-1013_3-5146581.html?part=rss Microsoft has applied for patents that could prevent competing applications from processing documents created with the latest version of the software giant's Office program. CNET News.com, January 23, 2004.- MS Office 2003 XML Reference Schemas - |
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What's behind Microsoft's Office moves?http://news.com.com/2100-1012-5111644.html Looming competitive and regulatory pressures factored into Microsoft's recent decision to reveal formerly secret pieces of its latest Office software, according to analysts. December 1, 2003. By David Becker, CNET News.com.- MS Office 2003 XML Reference Schemas - |
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Microsoft, Open Source Claim XML Successhttp://www.internetnews.com/ent-news/article.php/3114271 Microsoft's recent announcement that it would offer royalty-free licensing for its Extensible Markup Language (define) schemas in Office 2003 has both the software giant and open-source advocates claiming victory for the open standards movement. But analysts and industry experts say the real winners are the independent software vendors (ISVs), whose hearts and minds are up for grabs in the Web services (define) movement to expand the use of XML and open standards. InternetNews, November 26, 2003.- MS Office 2003 XML Reference Schemas - |
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Microsoft Announces Open and Royalty-Free License for Office 2003 XML Reference Schemashttp://www.sys-con.com/xml/article.cfm?id=751 Microsoft has launched a royalty-free licensing program for its Microsoft Office 2003 XML Reference Schemas and accompanying documentation. XML Journal, 19 November 2003.- MS Office 2003 XML Reference Schemas - |
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Microsoft offers developers Office XML schemashttp://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=528330593 Jupiter Research analyst Joe Wilcox hailed Microsoft's move as a positive and surprising step toward interoperability. "Fully opening up and licensing the Office 2003 schemas creates the first crack in the productivity suite's proprietary file formats," he wrote Monday in a post on Jupiter Research's Microsoft Monitor Web log. "The company has more to gain by making Office an appealing, useful XML data creation tool. Interoperability is essential to this end, and puts Microsoft in the stronger position of selling Office on its features." Computerworld Australia- MS Office 2003 XML Reference Schemas - |
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Microsoft Shares Some of Office 2003http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,113536,00.asp Software giant will offer XML schemas to developers for free. PCWorld.com, November 18, 2003- MS Office 2003 XML Reference Schemas - |
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Cover Pages: Microsoft Announces Licenses for Use of Office 2003 XML Reference Schemas.http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2003-11-18-a.html Cover Pages about Microsoft Office 2003 XML Reference Schemas.- MS Office 2003 XML Reference Schemas - |
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FSF eases Microsoft schema patent fearshttp://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/34045.html "I don't think the alarm is justified," the FSF's pro bono counsel Eben Moglen told us last night. By Andrew Orlowski in The Register, 18/11/2003- MS Office 2003 XML Reference Schemas - |
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Microsoft Hands Over Office 2003 XML Schemas Royalty-Free To Denmark, Worldhttp://www.crn.com/sections/BreakingNews/dailyarchives.asp?ArticleID=46104 In a move designed to please the European Commission and governments globally, Microsoft announced on Monday that it would make its Office 2003 XML reference schemas available on a royalty-free basis. CRN Daily, 17. November 2003 This should show.- MS Office 2003 XML Reference Schemas - |
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Microsoft offers developers Office XML schemashttp://www.infoworld.com/article/03/11/17/HNoffice_1.html Move enables trading of data with other programs. InfoWorld 17. November 2003.- MS Office 2003 XML Reference Schemas - |
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Microsoft Opens the Office to Developershttp://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/22711.html "The word 'proprietary' is anathema now," said Yankee Group analyst Laura DiDio. "Open source is gaining ground and Microsoft is responding to market demands; it cannot exist as a monopoly." By Jay Wrolstad, Newsfactor Network, November 18, 2003- MS Office 2003 XML Reference Schemas - |
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Microsoft Opens XML Schemas for Office 2003http://www.ecommercetimes.com/perl/story/32164.html Meta Group vice president Steve Kleynhans told TechNewsWorld that although it will take a year to 18 months to tell whether the strategy is working, the release of the schemas is a good indicator of Microsoft's dedication to being more open. E-Commerce News, November 17, 2003- MS Office 2003 XML Reference Schemas - |
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Office 2003 XML Reference Schema Patent Licensehttp://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/ip/format/xmlpatentlicense.asp This document is intended to expand upon the rights that Microsoft grants to certain Microsoft® Office 2003 XML schemas. As described in this document, the technical specifications for the schemas include rights under copyright to make reproductions and to display and distribute those reproductions, subject to certain terms and conditions. The purpose of this document is to provide a patent license to individuals and organizations interested in implementing software programs that can read and write files that conform to such specifications.- MS Office 2003 XML Reference Schemas - |
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Office 2003 XML Reference Schemas Licensinghttp://www.microsoft.com/office/xml/default.mspx Microsoft offers an open and royalty-free documentation and license of the Microsoft Office 2003 XML Reference Schemas. These include SpreadsheetML (the schema for Microsoft Office Excel 2003), FormTemplate Schemas (the schema for Microsoft Office InfoPath™ 2003), and WordprocessingML (the schema for Microsoft Office Word 2003). The schemas provide business, governments, and developers a standard way to store and exchange information. Learn more about these technologies and how you can take advantage of them.- MS Office 2003 XML Reference Schemas - |
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Overview of WordprocessingML (Office Web Components Technical Articles)http://rep.oio.dk/Microsoft.com/officeschemas/wordprocessingml_article.htm This Microsoft document describes the elements in the WordprocessingML Schema that are important to document developers and to application developers whose programs will read and write WordprocessingML documents.- MS Office 2003 XML Reference Schemas - |
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