With the proliferation of information on the Web, the need for standardization of content semantics became desirable. Readers who wanted content delivered in particular formats, and those who wanted ...

FIBEX (Field Bus Exchange Format) is an XML format used to describe complex, message-oriented communications systems. AUTOSAR (Automotive Open System Architecture) is an association whose objective it ...

The next version of Office will fully support two new file formats, Strict Open XML and Open Document Format 1.2, Microsoft has announced. In a blog post on Monday, Office standards chief Jim Thatcher ...

A new XML-based file format will become the default in Office 12, Microsoft Corp. announced Thursday, as it prepares to discuss plans for its Office update at next week’s TechEd developer conference.

SQL Server Reporting Services is fast becoming the mainstay for custom reporting in Microsoft-based shops. Connecting to relational tables, views, and procedures is easy and productive, and with ...

In 2003, Robin Cover, Managing Editor of "The Cover Pages," a website devoted to XML and SGML references and articles, compiled the following list of XML vocabularies ...

One way to store information in a hierarchical way is in a XML file. XML provides a great way to store objects and their attributes in a plain-text file. Although plain text, XML isn't just some ...

Today not only marks the release of a new beta Remote Desktop client from Microsoft, but also a new beta Microsoft Office Open XML File Format Converter for Mac 0.2 (Beta). What the heck is this? It ...

XML refers to Extensible Markup Language, which is a language similar to HTML. If you have an XML document, you may be wondering how to open it. Although you can open an XML file in Notepad, the ...

The movement towards open document formats in government is gaining steam, as a bill was introduced in the California legislature to require state government to use XML formats, BetaNews reports. The ...