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Comparison of Office Open XML and OpenDocument

This is a comparison of computer document file formats Office Open XML and OpenDocument

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This is a comparison of computer document file formats Office Open XML and OpenDocument

Comparison

File format Office Open XML OpenDocument
Based on a format
developed by 		Microsoft StarDivision / Sun Microsystems
Predecessor file format Microsoft Office XML formats OpenOffice.org XML
Standardized by Ecma International, ISO/IEC OASIS, ISO/IEC
First public release date 2006 2005
First stable version Ecma International Standard ECMA-376 Office Open XML File Formats 1st edition OASIS OpenDocument Format for Office Applications (OpenDocument) v1.0
Latest stable version ISO/IEC IS 29500-1:2012—Office Open XML File Formats1 OASIS Open Document Format for Office Applications (OpenDocument) v1.42
Latest ISO/IEC standardised version ISO/IEC IS 29500-1:2012—Office Open XML File Formats1 ISO/IEC IS 26300-1:2015—Open Document Format for Office Applications (OpenDocument) v1.23
Language type Markup language (XML) Markup language (XML)
XML schema representation XML Schema (W3C) (XSD) and RELAX NG (ISO/IEC 19757-2) RELAX NG (ISO/IEC 19757-2)
Expression of extensibility rules NVDL (ISO/IEC 19757-4)
Compression format ZIP ZIP
Container structure Open Packaging Conventions (ISO/IEC 29500-2:2021)4 ODF Package5
Metadata format Dublin Core (ISO 15836) subset of Dublin Core and “urn:oasis:names:tc:opendocument:xmlns:meta” elements
Drawing language DrawingML, VML “urn:oasis:names:tc:opendocument:xmlns:drawing” elements and “urn:oasis:names:tc:opendocument:xmlns:svg-compatible” elements
Mathematical notation language Office MathML (OMML) W3C MathML (ISO/IEC 40314)67
Change-tracking supported8 supported9
Conditional formatting in spreadsheets supported10 supported11
Spreadsheet formula language part of the standard based on OpenFormula
Macro language application-defined application-defined
Digital signatures part of the standard supported
Thumbnails JPEG (ISO/IEC 10918) PNG (ISO/IEC 15948)
Interchange of digital font information Open Font Format (ISO/IEC 14496-22) Open Font Format (ISO/IEC 14496-22)
PANOSE font specifications part of the standard12
Filename extensions docx, docm, xlsx, xlsm, pptx, pptm odt, ods, odp, odg, odf
Internet media types

application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document
application/vnd.ms-word.document.macroEnabled.12
application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet
application/vnd.ms-excel.sheet.macroEnabled.12
application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.presentation application/vnd.ms-powerpoint.presentation.macroEnabled.12

application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text
application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheet
application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.presentation
application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.graphics
application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.formula

Application support Office Open XML software OpenDocument software
Standard licensing
  • ISO/IEC copyrighted free download13
  • Ecma copyrighted free download / copying allowed
  • ISO/IEC copyrighted free download13
  • OASIS copyrighted free download / copying allowed
Additional technology patent licensing
  • Sun Microsystems intellectual property covenant
  • IBM Interoperability Specifications Pledge16
Implementations covered by patent license Patent license covers conforming implementations14 Patent license covers fully compliant implementations16
File format Office Open XML OpenDocument
See also

See also

References

References

  1. "ISO/IEC 29500-1:2016". ISO. Retrieved 2023-04-17.
  2. online, heise (2025-12-04). "OASIS ratifies Open Document Format 1.4 as a standard". iX Magazin. Retrieved 2025-12-04.
  3. "ISO/IEC 26300-1:2015". ISO. Retrieved 2023-04-17.
  4. "ISO/IEC 29500-2:2021". ISO. Retrieved 2023-04-17.
  5. "Erwin's StarOffice Tango". Archived from the original on 2008-01-17. Retrieved 2009-05-14.
  6. "ODFValidator - Apache OpenOffice Wiki".
  7. "A Demo: Mathematica, MathML and ODF". 20 August 2006.
  8. "Doug Mahugh".
  9. Jean Weber. "OpenOffice.org Writer for Microsoft Word users". Documentation.openoffice.org. Retrieved 2022-11-18.
  10. "Doug Mahugh".
  11. "Conditional Formatting in OpenOffice Calc Spreadsheets".
  12. W3C Panose document standard proposal
  13. Freely Available ISO Standards
  14. "Microsoft Open Specification Promise". Microsoft. Retrieved 2008-12-05.
  15. "Ecma Office Open XML File Formats overview". Archived from the original on 2006-11-17. Retrieved 2008-12-05.
  16. Interoperability Specifications Pledge
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