Microsoft Office Open XML approved as a standard

Microsoft Office Open XML approved as a standard

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) have now given their approval to the Microsoft Office Open XML as a global standard.

They also went ahead and rejected the appeal filed by four countries to protest the vote that approved OOXML as a standard.

The technical name for this standard is ISO/IEC DIS 29500.

This specification would be published in the coming weeks.