Article covering the appeals lodged by four developing nations against the ratification of OOXML as an ISO standard.

Provides an archive of all the comments and objections submitted by national standards' bodies as part of the ISO standardization process for Microsoft's OOXML specification. A collaborative project that allows user commenting and tagging of the comments.

Official details about the format, and links to technical information.

Aims to stop the adoption of OOXML because it is based on a proprietary document format and depends on software patents. An online petition is also available.

ISO press release with news that following the changes made by the ballot resolution meeting, the revised votes on the OOXML standard were sufficient for it to be approved.

Official ISO press release outlining how the proposed standard did not achieve the required number of votes for approval. The comments submitted by members will now be discussed at a ballot resolution meeting.

Blog post from consortiuminfo.org detailing the three appeals that have been lodged by ISO members over the Office Open XML standardization process.

A Weblog containing articles criticizing Microsoft's OOXML format and opposing its use. Includes technical details.

Offers news, resources, information and discussion forums about this format to developers. Managed by Microsoft.

Offers open source browser plug-ins and a command line tool that allow to translate to HTML documents created in Open XML format. Includes documentation and an online demonstration.