How to Format XML Files in C. With the proliferation of information on the Web, the need for standardization of content semantics became desirable. Readers who wanted content delivered in ...

Using XML and Zip is not a unique approach, however, given that open-source Office competitor OpenOffice (sponsored by Sun) has been using an XML-based file format and Zip compression to store files.

However doing so – especially with complex document-oriented information – requires something more than just slapping an XML label on the file format.

XML-based file formats in the offing for its Excel, PowerPoint and Word applications are expected to free up data and improve security.

In the middle part of this decade, Microsoft engaged in an extensive effort to create open standards derived from its own XML-based file formats, such as XPS and Office XML. This work was widely ...

In a move that could bring a chorus of both cheers and jeers, Microsoft on Thursday is announcing its commitment to adopt XML technology as the default file format in the next version of Office, ...

The company proposes to work with other industry leaders on an Ecma International open technical committee to create an open foundation for innovation with documents by standardizing Office Open XML, ...

In this article I will describe the problem I've had with Eclipse's handling of XML file formatting as well as the best way to fix it. I use Eclipse to do my Android development for a few reasons ...

Citing statements of support from more than 300 companies and organizations, Microsoft claimed on Tuesday that interest in its Office Open XML file format continues to grow. Comments backing the ...

FIBEX (Field Bus Exchange Format) is an XML format used to describe complex, message-oriented communications systems. AUTOSAR (Automotive Open System Architecture) is an association whose objective it ...

Last week, just before the Thanksgiving holiday got underway in the US, Larry Rosen, the attorney that wrote the book on open source licensing If the Microsoft news wins Google over to the company ...