http://www.itworld.com/ooxml xx http://www.itworld.com/software/69457/lotus-symphony-now-reads-office-2007-documents IBM today announced the release of Lotus Symphony 1.3, an update to its year-old free productivity suite that for the first time lets users import files saved in Microsoft Office 2007's native Office Open XML (OOXML) document format. http://www.itworld.com/software/69457/lotus-symphony-now-reads-office-2007-documents#comments Open Source Software News Lotus Symphoney Microsoft Office OOXML OpenOffice.org Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:19:30 -0400 ITworld staff 69457 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/development/68083/microsoft-led-forum-yields-tools-ooxml-interoperability A German organization plans to build a tool to help developers test whether software they're developing can support documents compatible with the latest version of the Open Office XML (OOXML) standard. http://www.itworld.com/development/68083/microsoft-led-forum-yields-tools-ooxml-interoperability#comments Development News OOXML Mon, 18 May 2009 16:30:02 -0400 ITworld staff 68083 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/development/55264/ibm-threatens-leave-standards-bodies IBM is threatening to leave organizations that set standards for software interoperability because of concerns that their processes are not always fair. http://www.itworld.com/development/55264/ibm-threatens-leave-standards-bodies#comments Development News IBM ISO OOXML standards Tue, 23 Sep 2008 11:37:29 -0400 ITworld staff 55264 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/software/54658/nations-question-isos-merit-following-dropped-ooxml-appeals Countries whose appeals were dismissed regarding the ISO/IEC's approval of Microsoft's OOXML as an international standard are questioning the judgment and relevance of the ISO/IEC and the standards they approve. http://www.itworld.com/software/54658/nations-question-isos-merit-following-dropped-ooxml-appeals#comments Software News IEC ISO OOXML standards Tue, 02 Sep 2008 20:19:50 -0400 ITworld staff 54658 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/open-source/54310/iso-iec-reject-appeals-approve-ooxml-spec The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) have given the green light to publish the Microsoft-backed Office Open XML (OOXML) specification after organization leaders rejected appeals from four countries to protest the vote that approved OOXML as a standard. http://www.itworld.com/open-source/54310/iso-iec-reject-appeals-approve-ooxml-spec#comments Development Open Source News IEC ISO OOXML standards Fri, 15 Aug 2008 13:26:04 -0400 ITworld staff 54310 at http://www.itworld.com