OOXML

OOXML is a word-processor document format published by Microsoft which has raised many software patent concerns.

OOXML has been accepted by ISO as a standard, but the process was riddled with complaints and ISO's approval should be seen more as a failing of ISO than of a confirmation of OOXML.

Related pages on ESP Wiki

• Microsoft Open Specification Promise
• Harm to standards
• Mono and Moonlight
• Patent promises

External links

• No OOXML's page of patent issues
• 2007: Patent threat looms large over OOXML
• Grokdoc: Patent rights to implement the Ecma 376 specification have not been granted
• 2008-02-??: IP Issues with OOXML - Who's Afraid of the GPL?, by Brendan Scott
• The Contradictory Nature of OOXML (includes some info on patents)