While designing large databases, one of the most commonly done things to incorporate future additions to the data fields is, adding a number of generic fields that can later be used as additional data ...

Rather than stacking the vote, Microsoft simply wanted to allow interested organizations to participate in the Open XML standardization process, unlike other rival efforts, a company executive said ...

Microsoft Corp.’s Open XML file format cleared a small hurdle Wednesday, after documents released by the International Organisation for Standardization (ISO) showed fewer countries harboring strong ...

In approving the specification, Ecma's General Assembly meeting in Geneva also agreed to submit the standard for adoption by the International Organization for Standardization, or ISO. Approval by the ...

Sun Microsystems Inc. today urged a Massachusetts state official to rethink an opinion that Microsoft Corp.’s Open XML meets the state’s parameters for an acceptable open document format just because ...

Microsoft’s bid to have its Open XML file format approved as an ISO standard took another step forward Monday when that organization put the measure on a voting ballot sent to its member countries.