Standardizing electronic business documents means more efficient communication with partners. Open XML is the way. Standardizing electronic business documents means streamlining the business process. Open XML is the facilitator.

Rui Rocha
Digital Peninsula Project

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Choice, Innovation, and You

The Open XML community is a group of public institutions, businesses, technology professionals, academics, and developers who support ISO/IEC DIS 29500, Information technology – Office Open XML as an ISO/IEC standard. This community believes in the promotion of choice, interoperability, innovation, and technical excellence in document standards. Read on to see how Open XML is being used across a broad set of technology platforms, integrated with diverse systems, and adopted as a standard in businesses and governments across the globe.

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Version 2 of the free add-in translates Open XML to DAISY XML–the digital talking book standard available.
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ISO/IEC DIS 29500 receives necessary votes for approval as an International Standard ISO/IEC DIS 29500 receives necessary votes for approval as an International Standard
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LATEST NEWS & HIGHLIGHTS

November 18, 2009

Two New Case Studies Available

There are two new case studies available on the site - DAISY Consortium and Research Director - both highlighting the benefits of Open XML

August 18, 2009

Invoicing Solution Provider Grows Business Through Office Business Applications

Diamante creates a set of Office Business Application (OBA) solutions that integrate with Microsoft Office Word 2007 and other Microsoft technologies

August 3, 2009

Global Product and Services Provider Expands Business Opportunities with OBA

i5 Software creates a records management solution built using Online Business Application components

August 3, 2009

Enterprise Software Infrastructure Vendor Delivers More Value, Enhances Sales with OBA

OSIsoft adopted an Office Business Application (OBA) strategy and now markets OBA products designed to leverage its customers’ existing investment in the 2007 Microsoft Office system.

July 28, 2009

Solution Provider Expands into New Markets, Helps Customers Reduce Costs with OBA

PointCross creates an Online Business Application using Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 to expose critical business information

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Freedom to choose a document format standard that best suits the task at hand is important to businesses, governments, and individuals. Joining the Open XML community lends your continued support of Open XML as an ISO/IEC standard.