[ILUG] Microsoft And ODF: Bad For Everyone (Link)

[Vicente Werner]

It's even larger:
ISO/IEC 29500:2008

The ISO/IEC standard is structured into four parts, each of which are
independent standards.[31]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_Open_XML#cite_note-StandardIS29500-30>
[*citation needed <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed>*]
Part 1. Fundamentals and Markup Language Reference (5560 pages)Contains
conformance definitionsContains the reference material for WordprocessingML,
SpreadsheetML, PresentationML, DrawingML, Shared MLs and Custom XML Schema,
defining every element and attribute including the element hierarchy
(parent/child relationships)XML schemas for the markup languages are
declared as XSD and (non-normatively) using RELAX NGDefines the custom XML
data storing facilitySchemas are included in the textPart 2. Open Packaging
Conventions (129 pages)Defines the Open Packaging Conventions (package
model, physical package)Defines core properties,
thumbnails<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thumbnail>
 and digital signatures <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_signature>XML
schemas for the OPC are declared as XML Schema
Definitions<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XML_Schema_(W3C)> (XSD)
and (non-normatively) using RELAX NG
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RELAX_NG> (ISO/IEC
19757-2)Part 3. Markup Compatibility and Extensibility (40 pages)Describes
extension facilities of OpenXML documents and specifies elements and
attributes by which applications with different extensions can
interoperateExtensibility
rules are expressed using
NVDL<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namespace-based_Validation_Dispatching_Language>
(ISO/IEC
19757-4)Part 4. Transitional Migration Features (1464 pages)Contains
reference material of legacy and transitional interestContains controversial
material such as compatibility settings and the graphics markup
language VMLContains
list of differences between ECMA-376 and ISO/IEC 29500:2008

The standard specifies six levels of document and application conformance, *
strict* and *transitional* for each of WordprocessingML, PresentationML and
SpreadsheetML. The standard also specifies applications descriptions of *
base* and *full*.


(From Wikipedia)

On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 12:17 PM, Gerard Hooton <g.hooton at ucc.ie> wrote:

> Is it true thar Microsoft's OOXML iso standard runs to about 3000 pages?
> //Ger
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vicente Werner <vwerner at gmail.com>
> To: Frank Murphy (Frankly3d) <frankly3d at gmail.com>
> Cc: ilug at linux.ie
> Subject: Re: [ILUG] Microsoft And ODF: Bad For Everyone (Link)
> Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 11:18:13 +0100
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> The only way some one could have been surprised by that is by being
> extremely naive, Microsoft has made its business by tying customers to
> their
> products, not by opening them and allowing free flown of data.
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> On Sun, May 24, 2009 at 11:50 AM, Frank Murphy (Frankly3d) <
> frankly3d at gmail.com> wrote:
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> http://www.linuxloop.com/news/2009/05/22/microsoft-and-odf-bad-for-everyone/
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