Microsoft Office Open XML Formats

This session will provide a technical description of the new Microsoft Office Open XML formats that will become the default XML based formats of the coming version of Microsoft Office (Office 12). The Microsoft Office XML formats provides a great Open and standard-based XML format for Office Documents that enables new XML document scenarios that were not possible before.

Paoli, Jean and Brian Jones. IDEAlliance (2005). Articles>Word Processing>Information Design>XML

Word and OpenOffice for XML Authoring

In this session, three panellists and audience members will discuss creating XML documents using two familiar word processors: Microsoft Word and OpenOffice. Paul Bernard will introduce some real-world examples of how publishers are using Microsoft Word in XML workflows, and how Office 2007 and OpenXML will affect those processes. Jon Parsons will discuss XML, Office 2007, and content management for document integration in the middle tier. Lisa Richards will discuss XML authoring in OpenOffice.

Hatter, Clyde, Mark Jacobson and Jon Parsons. XML 2006 (2006). Articles>Word Processing>Information Design>XML