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InternetNews March 3, 2006 Clint Boulton	Tech Rallies Around Open Document Format Several high profile and groups have banded together to show solidarity for the OpenDocument Format, a collection of office document formats to help organizations share digital information.
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InternetNews November 22, 2005 Jim Wagner	Microsoft Wants Open XML as Doc Standard Redmond modifies the license for its Office Open XML file format and pushes for standards adoption.
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InternetNews January 24, 2007 Clint Boulton	Key XML Standards Pass W3C Muster The World Wide Web Consortium today confirmed the fitness of several XML standards designed to query, transform and access XML data and documents.
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