An XML map allows a business to arrange data stored in XML documents so that the information can be easily imported into a predefined table in an application such as Microsoft Excel. In this way, the ...

What's the world's dominant software company to do when public agencies turn their backs on your proprietary Office format and adopt an open standard instead? Why, get your format declared a standard ...

The next version of Office will fully support two new file formats, Strict Open XML and Open Document Format 1.2, Microsoft has announced. In a blog post on Monday, Office standards chief Jim Thatcher ...

Microsoft has released Open XML File Format Converter for Mac 1.0, a file translator that allows users to open, edit, and convert Open XML files created in Office 2008 for Mac or Office 2007 for ...

REDMOND, Wash., and MILAN, Italy — March 25, 2008 — Microsoft Corp. and Sourcesense, a leading European open source systems integration consultancy, today announced that the two companies will ...

Late last week, the Microsoft MacBU issued an update to the Office Open XML Converter 0.1.1, which converts Office Open XML files (used by Office 2007 for Windows and the forthcoming Office 2008 for ...

Recently, Microsoft has announced they're new "Open XML" format, in order to ease fears of their growing document format dominance. But is Open XML really that open? Kevin Carmoney over at The Tech ...

XML (eXtensible Markup Language) is a data-management system based on flat files. It is is widely used by small businesses because of its portability and its compatibility with multiple platforms. It ...