Brian Jones: Open XML FormatsI'm Brian Jones, a program manager in Office. I've been working on the XML functionality and file formats in Office for about 6 years now. In this blog, I'll mainly focus on XML in Office and the Open XML File Formats coming in the 2007 Microsoft Office system.Open XML Resources for Developers- March 31, 2008 Doug has a great post today that helps get us back to what really matters in this whole file format discussion (at least if you're a developer). He links to a number of existing resources that can help folks who are just now getting started with Open XML development, as well as more advanced links for folks who've already started working with the formats: http:blogs.msdn.comdmahugharchive20080331open-xml-resources-for-developers.aspx Like many people, I thought we'd know the official outcome...http://blogs.msdn.com/brian_jones/archive/2008/03/31/open-xml-resources-for-developers.asp... German standards body responds to "incorrect and misleading" reports- March 31, 2008 Via Stephen McGibbon: http:notes2self.netarchive20080331din-responds-to-quot-incorrect-and-misleading-quot-reports.aspx -Brianhttp://blogs.msdn.com/brian_jones/archive/2008/03/31/german-standards-body-responds-to-inc... Norway vote is now yes for Open XML- March 28, 2008 Norway has also decided to change their vote to "yes" for DIS 29500 (Open XML). http:www.standard.noimaker.exeid=18594 Norway had initially voted "no with comments" in September, so it's great to see that they now feel Open XML is ready to be an ISO standard. Update 4108: Standards Norway (the folks actually responsible for making the decision) has an official response to some of the FUD: http:notes2self.netarchive20080401standard-norge-responds-to-allegations.aspx -Brianhttp://blogs.msdn.com/brian_jones/archive/2008/03/28/norway-vote-is-now-yes-for-open-xml.a... South Korea vote is now yes for Open XML- March 28, 2008 Oliver Bell just informed me that South Korea has decided to vote for approval of DIS 29500 (Open XML) as an ISO standard. This is a change from their original "no with comments" posisiton they took back in September, and is great news. South Korea was definitely influential in some of the bigger decisions made in the BRM, and it's great to see that they are now in favor of ISO approval. Oliver has all the details: http:osrin.net20080328south-korea-votes-approve-for-isoiec-dis29500 -Brianhttp://blogs.msdn.com/brian_jones/archive/2008/03/28/south-korea-vote-is-now-yes-for-open-... Denmark vote is now yes for Open XML- March 28, 2008 Jesper Lund Stocholm is reporting that Denmark has decided to change their initial vote of "no" in September to "yes" for ISO approval of DIS 29500 (Open XML). Here is a pointer to the press release: http:www.ds.dk4225 As Stephen McGibbon put it: "Denmark is a ISOIEC JTC1 P member and has changed from 'Nej med kommentarer' to 'Ja'." Update 328 1:21pm Jasper H. Bojsen has a blog post in English giving all the details:...http://blogs.msdn.com/brian_jones/archive/2008/03/28/denmark-vote-is-now-yes-for-open-xml.... Finland vote is now yes for Open XML- March 27, 2008 Here's the official statement, although it's in Finnish: http:www.sfs.fiajankohtaistatiedotteet20080327195555.html Finland had initially voted "abstain" back in September, but they have now decided to change their vote to "yes" in support of DIS 29500 (Open XML) as an ISO standard. -Brianhttp://blogs.msdn.com/brian_jones/archive/2008/03/27/finland-vote-is-now-yes-for-open-xml.... Another example of Open XML as a submission format...- March 27, 2008 Just saw this on Pablo's blog: Covering yet another set of scientific disciplines, last month the folks from ArXiv (the largest repository for Physics, also very popular for Math and Computer Science papers) posted the news that they now accept OpenXML files for submissions. I am also looking forward to being able to help scientists and researchers that deposit OpenXML files into ArXiv. -Brianhttp://blogs.msdn.com/brian_jones/archive/2008/03/27/another-site-accepts-open-xml-as-a-su... The OSP will apply to DIS 29500 (Open XML) going forward- March 27, 2008 Oliver has a post today discussing this, as it's come up a lot in the discussions he's been having: http:osrin.net20080327the-osp-will-apply-to-future-versions-of-dis29500 -Brianhttp://blogs.msdn.com/brian_jones/archive/2008/03/27/the-osp-will-apply-to-dis-29500-open-... Miguel de Icazas views on Open XML, and what the next steps should be- March 27, 2008 Interesting post from Miguel today: http:tirania.orgblogarchive2008Mar-26.html I have been reading the OOXML storm in a teacup for more than a year now. Am looking forward to the approval of OOXML as an ISO standard and to be able to move the discussion back to the things that actually matter: free and open source software. For a year, countless bytes have been wasted on what is now a very difficult plot to follow, specially for people that have not followed it since the start (or as Bill...http://blogs.msdn.com/brian_jones/archive/2008/03/26/miguel-de-icaza-s-views-on-open-xml-a... Video clip of the add-in for authoring Scientific Articles- March 26, 2008 If you want to get an idea of how the add-in works, Pablo has posted a short video: Pablo suggested skipping to about 4:40 into the video to see the actual solution. For more information on the add-in, check out the blog: http:blogs.msdn.comexscientiaarchive20080325short-video-clip-on-the-add-in.aspx -Brianhttp://blogs.msdn.com/brian_jones/archive/2008/03/26/video-clip-of-the-article-authoring-a... |