This library of resources is intended to help policy makers better understand the implications of Microsoft's Office Open XML (OOXML) formats as they concern governments, citizens, developers, and users.

OOXML Issue Briefs  Backwards Compatible? BRM Fact Sheet on DIS 29500/OOXML BRM: Post-BRM Voting Guide for National Bodies DIS 29500: Deprecated before use (FSFE) Dual Standards: More Cost and Less Choice Interoperability woes with MS-OOXML (FSFE) IPR - Microsoft's Open Specification Promise: No Assurance for GPL (Software Freedom Law Center) IPR: Minding the Gaps and Why They Matter ODF's Benchmark For Accessibility: Demand Nothing Less From OOXML ODF-OOXML Harmonization: Yes, We Can! OOXML Implementations: A Community of One   OOXML White Papers  Achieving Openness: a closer look at ODF & OOXML Alliance Response to Ecma's Proposed Disposition of Comments Alliance Response to the Burton Group's Report Ecma's Top 10 Worst Responses Google - Sample Analysis of Ecma Responses to NB Comments Google Analysis of Ecma's Disposition of Comments Google Post-BRM Position on DIS 29500 (OOXML) Google's Position on OOXML as a Proposed ISO Standard Microsoft Cuts Off Access To Old Documents - What happened and why open formats matter Oracle Comments (Updated) on DIS 29500/Ecma's Proposed Disposition of Comments Oracle Comments on DIS 29500 Oracle: Process Concerns - The JTC1 Directives & P-Member Voting On DIS 29500 (OOXML) Oracle: Unresolved Technical Concerns In DIS 29500 (OOXML) The Case Against OOXML