* Microsoft developed the former format – Open eXtensible Markup Language – as a standard for sharing documents. There is a competing standard which is promoted by Sun Microsystems, IBM, Red Hat and others. This is called the ODF – Open Document Format. The adoption of either of these as an ISO standard is crucial for each camp. The ISO is slated to discuss the issue in Geneva later this month.
* So, both the camps are trying their best to get India vote for their document format. The Indian option is going to be for ODF, as things stand today. The BIS (Bureau of Indian Standards) has raised about 82 technical issues against the OXML standard.
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