The new XML format standards look to be more versatile and better account for the use of different currencies in e-billing, while the new Patent Prosecution Codes aim to be "more practical and ...

An XML-based file format developed by Microsoft and standardized by ECMA. Starting with Microsoft Office 2007, Office Open XML is the default document format for saving applications.

But the World Wide Web Consortium’s (W3C) XML 1.0 specification, now more than 1 year old, hasn’t been enough to grease the wheels of e-commerce.

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 23, 2001 — Microsoft Corp. today presented an architecture for the next generation of XML Web services and published four specifications supporting that architecture. The Global XML ...