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Showing 1-11 of 11 results foundW3C releases new HTML specification
May 8, 1996 The World Wide Web Consortium released a new HTML specification that officially recognizes features developed by Microsoft and Netscape Communications.Office 2007 fails OOXML conformance test
April 21, 2008 Test shows that Word documents generated by today's version of Office 2007 don't conform to the Office Open XML standard under development by the ISO. (By Peter Judge of ZDNet UK)Adobe to send PDF to standards group
January 29, 2007 The Portable Document Format, already a de facto standard, will be headed to the ISO for formal standardization.Microsoft gives go-ahead to open-source Web services
September 13, 2006 Company won't assert patents related to 35 Web services specs--a move designed to ease developers' legal concerns.Where's the simplicity in Web services?
October 5, 2004 As the number of Web services specifications proliferates, some developers advocate a return to a simpler approach.British standards body mum on OOXML vote
September 4, 2007 The British Standards Institution won't divulge who's on its technical committee or discuss the outcome of its vote on OOXML.Microsoft to standardize Office formats
November 21, 2005 Office's 12 XML-based file formats will be submitted to European standards body Ecma International.Microsoft-led project to deliver on ODF
October 13, 2006 First converter between Microsoft Word and OpenDocument format set for release later this month.World Wide Web Consortium releases draft of HTML 5
January 25, 2008 A major upgrade of HTML is in the works but won't emerge for at least two years.Heavies float data center standard
July 31, 2006 Microsoft leads proposal for XML-based model to share performance information between disparate resources.U.K. standards body taken to court over OOXML
May 1, 2008 Group launches court challenge against decision by British Standards Institution to approve Microsoft's nascent document format. Sponsored matches for "specification"
