October 2009

The Final OOXML Update: Part III

October 27, 2009

This is Part III of an 5-part series on the state of OOXML today. Previous to starting this series, I had not posted about OOXML in over a year. Part I showed how Microsoft, despite their promises that control of OOXML would be handed over to an independent, international committee, have instead stuffed the committee [...]

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The Final OOXML Update: Part II

October 16, 2009

In Part I of this OOXML update, my first post on the topic in over a year, I showed you how Microsoft maintains strong control over the OOXML standard. Despite their earlier promises that control of OOXML would be handed over to an independent, international committee, a look at attendance records reveals that the committee [...]

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Protocols, Formats and the Limits of Disclosure

October 12, 2009

A few words today on an important distinction that deserves greater appreciation, since it lies at the heart of several current interoperability debates. What I relate here will be well-known to any engineer, though I think almost anyone can understand the gist of this. First, let’s review the basics. Formats define how information is encoded. [...]

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The Final OOXML Update: Part I

October 1, 2009

I have not written a blog post on OOXML for well over a year now. My last post on this topic was on August 17th, 2008 and covered the contentious appeals process which followed the DIS 29500 Fast Track ballot. So I hope that one more post, 14 months later, will not seem excessive to [...]

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