Like it has done with its Open XML specification, Microsoft is pushing its XML Paper Specification (XPS) alternative to PDF through the standards bodies. And just like the case with Open XML, ...

An XML-based document format from Microsoft. Providing full page layout capabilities, XML Paper Specification (XPS) also allows digital signatures and digital rights to be applied to the documents.

In approving the specification, Ecma's General Assembly meeting in Geneva also agreed to submit the standard for adoption by the International Organization for Standardization, or ISO. Approval by the ...

XPS is short for XML Paper Specification. It was invented by Microsoft as a replacement for PDF files. XPS files can be used to archive and share files you routinely use for your business, such as ...

Add or Remove Programs entry for XML Paper Specification Shared Components Pack 1.0. XML Paper Specification or XPS is Microsoft's standard format for portable documents, similar to the PDF format.

OXPS is just like PDF but is based on Open XML Paper Specification and was developed by Microsoft. It has some perks such as its integration with Microsoft services and the fact that it is based on ...

The XML Paper Specification was developed by Microsoft and ECMA International and released in 2006. XPS offers an open standard for creating, editing, processing and printing fixed-layout documents.

Microsoft will have been none too pleased when the Open Document XML format got ISO approval and it was said to be unlikely that their own Open XML would get it as well. In light of that, they have ...

The standards body that is pushing Microsoft Corp.’s Office Open XML document format for approval as an ISO standard published a 2,300-page document on Monday addressing complaints and suggestions ...

Sun Microsystems Inc. Monday urged a Massachusetts state official to rethink an opinion that Microsoft Corp.’s Open XML (Extensible Markup Language) meets the state’s parameters for an acceptable open ...

Earlier this week, Microsoft Office standards chief Jim Thatcher quietly announced that Microsoft would add ”two additional formats for use: Strict Open XML and Open Document Format (ODF) 1.2. … [and] ...