In designing web and cross-platform portable applications, XML has an important role to play. You can easily open .xml and other file types in Notepad++ by adding their extensions to the Registered ...

Forget Super Tuesday. Consider Super Friday. Super Friday is February 29, the end of the ISO Ballot Resolution Meeting which will decide the fate of Open XML as an ISO standard. Opponents say ...

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

Microsoft’s Office Open XML document format may have hit the first bumps on its road to becoming an ISO-approved standard. Nineteen countries, including some that have adopted the alternative ...

The International Organization for Standardization has called for "personal attacks" to cease in the debate surrounding Microsoft's Office Open XML standard. The move came as an ISO committee meeting ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. SANTA CLARA, Calif.—Microsoft announced Sept. 28 that ...