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⚫ {{future product}}The '''Microsoft Office Open XML''' file format is ] proposed format to be used by the next release of ] (]). Microsoft claims that it is "open", and has offered to submit it for standardization, and offered promises not to sue other people for using it.
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⚫ The '''Microsoft Office Open XML''' is a primary file format to be used by the upcoming release of ] (currently known as ]). Microsoft claims that it will be ], and has announced plans to submit it for ] standardization process. Microsoft also published covering ] it has in the new format.
⚫ Other computer vendors have characterized it as an attempt to derail the ], and have criticised Microsoft's standardization and other promises as falling short of what is needed to create a vendor-neutral open standard; in particlular, they have criticised the incompatibility of its licence terms with the ] licence used by most free software.


⚫ Other computer vendors have characterized it as an attempt to derail the ] (ODF), and have criticised Microsoft's standardization and other promises as falling short of what is needed to create a vendor-neutral open standard. In particlular, they have criticised the incompatibility of its licence terms with the ] licence used by a large body of ] and ].
⚫ Superficially, Microsoft's Open XML format appears similar to ODF, in that both use a ] to wrap ] files containing the encoded document data. However, it has been criticised on a technical level by members of the ODF community for reflecting the internal data structures of the word processing application more closely than that of the document structure, and of not using the XML data model as cleanly as ODF.


⚫ linkMicrosoft's Open XML format is similar to ODF, in that both represent a ] for ] and other data files. However, it has been criticised on a technical level by members of the ODF community for reflecting the internal data structures of the word processing application more closely than that of the document structure, and of not using the XML data model as cleanly as ODF.
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The Microsoft Office Open XML is a primary file format to be used by the upcoming release of Microsoft Office (currently known as Office "12"). Microsoft claims that it will be Open standard, and has announced plans to submit it for ECMA standardization process. Microsoft also published "covenant not to sue" covering IP rights it has in the new format.

Other computer vendors have characterized it as an attempt to derail the Open Document Format (ODF), and have criticised Microsoft's standardization and other promises as falling short of what is needed to create a vendor-neutral open standard. In particlular, they have criticised the incompatibility of its licence terms with the GPL licence used by a large body of Free and Open-source software.

linkMicrosoft's Open XML format is similar to ODF, in that both represent a ZIP container for XML and other data files. However, it has been criticised on a technical level by members of the ODF community for reflecting the internal data structures of the word processing application more closely than that of the document structure, and of not using the XML data model as cleanly as ODF.

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Microsoft documents and blog postings

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