OpenXML

OpenXML is the Microsoft Office 2007 XML based file format that has been published as ECMA-376.

There are plans to support this file format in OpenOffice for interoperate with Microsoft Office 2007

There are 3 major types of files

• DOCX - Word processor
• XLSX - Spreadsheet
• PPTX - Presentation

There is some code in the oox module from the Xml project. The CWS is xmlfilter02 in SRC680. (view the workspace on EIS)

Various Resources

• http://blogs.sun.com/GullFOSS/entry/office_open_xml_import_filter
• CWS on EIS
• ECMA published standard