SourceForge: Office Binary (doc, xls, ppt) Translator to Open XML Project Brian Jones, Blog
"As promised last month, the binary documentation (.doc, .xls, .ppt) is now live. In addition to this, the project to create an open source translator (binary to Open XML) has now been formed on SourceForge, and the development roadmap has been published. While the project is still in its infancy, you can see what the planned project roadmap is, as well as an early draft of a mapping table between the Word binary format (.doc) and the Open XML format (.docx). The binary documentation itself is also available; it's all covered under the Open Specification Promise. Another great surprise in all of this is that we've made the documentation for a few other supporting technologies available as it may be of use to folks implementing the binary formats: (1) Windows Compound Binary File Format Specification; (2) Windows Metafile Format (.wmf) Specification; (3) Ink Serialized Format (ISF) Specification..." >From the Overview: "The main goal of the Office Binary (doc, xls, ppt) Translator to Open XML project is to create software tools, plus guidance, showing how a document written using the Binary Formats (doc, xls, ppt) can be translated into the Office Open XML format. As a result customers can use these tools to migrate from the binary formats to Office Open XML Format thus enabling them to more easily access their existing content in the new world of XML. The Translator will be available under the open source Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD) license, which allows that anyone can use the mapping, submit bugs and feedback, or contribute to the project. On February 15th 2008, Microsoft has made it even easier to get access to the binary formats documentation from [the Microsoft Office Binary File Formats web site], and the binary formats have also been made available under the Microsoft Open Specification Promise. The Office Open XML file format has been approved as an Ecma standard and is available [online]. We have chosen to use an Open Source development model that allows developers from all around the world to participate and contribute to the project." http://blogs.msdn.com/brian_jones/archive/2008/02/15/binary-documentatio n-doc-xls-ppt-and-translator-project-site-are-now-live.aspx <http://blogs.msdn.com/brian_jones/archive/2008/02/15/binary-documentati on-doc-xls-ppt-and-translator-project-site-are-now-live.aspx> See also the SourceForge Project: http://b2xtranslator.sourceforge.net/ <http://b2xtranslator.sourceforge.net/> SOURCE: XML Daily Newslink. Friday, 15 February 2008 A Cover Pages Publication http://xml.coverpages.org/ <http://xml.coverpages.org/> Provided by OASIS http://www.oasis-open.org <http://www.oasis-open.org> Edited by Robin Cover Grant Hogarth Senior Technical Writer Equis International - A Reuters Company +1 801 270 3180 (t) | +1 801 815 8353 (m) | +1 801 265 3999 (f) Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reuters Messaging: [EMAIL PROTECTED] URL: www.equis.com <http://www.equis.com/> TZ: Mountain (GMT +7) Reuters news and information reaches one billion people every day. Get the latest news at Reuters.com <http://www.reuters.com/> _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.