[SC.LUG] MS office "open" XML

David Holden dh at iucr.org
Tue Aug 21 19:16:58 BST 2007


Here is the link to the BSI wiki

http://www.xmlopen.org/ooxml-wiki/index.php/Main_Page

with comments here

http://www.xmlopen.org/ooxml-wiki/index.php/DIS_29500_Comments

heres a taster

http://www.xmlopen.org/ooxml-wiki/index.php/3._SpreadsheetML_Reference_Material#3.17.4.1_.5B14-18.5D

The response is interesting

"Response: The specification is both forward looking while also taking on as a 
goal compatibility with legacy documents. "

should that be legacy bugs?

   Dave.

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