The OpenDocument standard, which uses XML data-tagging to format and store documents, was only ratified in May of this year. The format, known in full as the OASIS Open Document Format for Office ...

The OpenDocument Format (ODF) has come under attack from Microsoft, which claims its Office Open XML format has significantly better performance. "The use of OpenDocument documents is slower to ...

The OpenDocument format is supported by a number of productivity applications including the open-source productivity suite OpenOffice 2.0, Sun's StarOffice 8 and IBM's Workplace software.

OASIS submitted OpenDocument to ISO in May 2005. Gannon expects that process to be complete in the third quarter of this year. Some governments limit their procurement to software that adheres to ...

A group of more than 35 U.S. and international IT vendors, organizations, academic institutions and industry bodies is due to announce the formation of the OpenDocument Format (ODF) Alliance Friday.

A group of more than 35 U.S. and international IT vendors, organizations, academic institutions and industry bodies is due to announce the formation of the OpenDocument Format (ODF) Alliance Friday.

The OpenDocument Foundation, a little-known industry group that was originally created to promote the OpenDocument Format (ODF), has closed its doors after controversially dropping support for ODF ...

The controversy over the OpenDocument format (ODF) in Massachusetts has taken on a new twist: the largest supporter in the state, and Chief Information Officer (CIO), has turned in his resignation ...

Windows only: Open OpenDocument Format (ODF) files in Microsoft Office using the OpenXML/ODF Translator, a free plug-in for Microsoft Word. One of the most obvious benefits is being able to open ...

Microsoft Corp., bowing to pressure from governments, will offer free software that will let Word, Excel and PowerPoint handle documents in a rival technology format promoted by Sun Microsystems ...

The OpenDocument Foundation has a plugin that will add full support for the OpenDocument Format in Microsoft Office, but the plugin is not yet publicly available.