Massachusetts considering Microsoft's new document format
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Massachusetts, which recently led the charge against Microsoft's proprietary document format, has decided that Microsoft's latest format may meet its standards.
In a new draft proposal, the state says that Microsoft's XML-based format known as Office Open XML (also known as OOXML and Ecma-376) fits its definition of an open standard and is acceptable for government employees and agencies to use.
The draft states that "The Ecma-376 Office Open XML File Formats is another standardized XML-based file format specification suitable for office applications. It covers the features required by text, spreadsheets, charts, and graphical documents."