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    Microsoft creates Open XML translation project

    Microsoft will have been none too pleased when the Open Document XML format got ISO approval and it was said to be unlikely that their own Open XML would get it as well. In light of that, they have announced today the creation of a project to translate between the two XML formats.
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    it's an irritating technical challenge, because microsoft's format is so very different to opendocument (or xhtml or anything remotely narrative or document-based)

    compare:

    Code:
    <w:p>
      <w:r>
        <w:t>This is a </w:t>
      </w:r>
      <w:r>
        <w:rPr>
          <w:b />
        </w:rPr>
        <w:t>very basic</w:t>
      </w:r>
      <w:r>
        <w:t> document </w:t>
      </w:r>
      <w:r>
        <w:rPr>
          <w:i />
        </w:rPr>
        <w:t>with some</w:t>
      </w:r>
      <w:r>
        <w:t> formatting, and a </w:t>
      </w:r>
      <w:hyperlink w:rel="rId4" w:history="1">
        <w:r>
          <w:rPr>
            <w:rStyle w:val="Hyperlink" />
          </w:rPr>
          <w:t>hyperlink</w:t>
        </w:r>
      </w:hyperlink>
    </w:p>
    in microsoftese, or

    Code:
    <text:p text:style-name="Standard">
       This is a <text:span text:style-name="T1">very basic
       </text:span> document <text:span text:style-name="T2">
       with some</text:span> formatting, and a <text:a
       xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="http://example.com">
       hyperlink</text:a>
    </text:p>
    in opendocument or

    Code:
    <p>
      This is a <i>very basic</i> document
      <b>with some</b> formatting, and a 
      <a href="http://example.com">hyperlink</a>
    </p>
    in xhtml.

    microsoft use non-mixed-format formatting of their data, which is great for things like data files. the rest use mixed-format, which is great for things like word processor documents.

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