Tag Archives: XForms

#1. Contradicting Microsoft Office Open XML

Microsoft and ECMA are now running the Microsoft Office Open XML specification through the ISO process and the first thing up is the contradiction period. This is the time when objections to the specification can be presented and then resolved, … Continue reading

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XForms 1.0 (Second Edition) is now a W3C Recommendation

The W3C has finalized its approval of the XForms 1.0 (Second Edition) Recommendation. The spec itself is here. This hasn’t hot the news media to any large degree, but it is nevertheless an important development. I suspect XForms will be … Continue reading

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XForms

The pieces are falling into place. See James Governor’s entry “Is XForms the killer app for enterprise AJAX?”. I added a comment there, but we clearly think that XForms is one of the key open standards and game-changers of the … Continue reading

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ODF, XForms, Accessibility: Connecting the Dots

I’ve been meaning to point to the blog entry by David Berlind called “ODF subpar for the disabled? Not so fast says Google researcher” and add a comment. First, T.J. Raman was a colleague of mine when I was in … Continue reading

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BREAKING NEWS:
New IBM healthcare and education initiative driven by open standards

Today IBM is announcing a major initiative out of our healthcare and education practices that focuses on using open standards to drive growth, interoperability, and innovation. I’m going to spend a lot of time over the next days and weeks … Continue reading

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