Microsoft Opens Office Standards

Microsoft Announces Availability of Open and Royalty-Free License For Office 2003 XML Reference Schemas

Offering Brings New Level of Transparency, Interoperability, Document Portability And Ease of Communication

COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Nov. 17, 2003 –Microsoft Corp. today announced the availability of a royalty-free licensing program for its Microsoft® Office 2003 XML Reference Schemas and accompanying documentation. The Office 2003 XML Reference Schemas enable organizations of all sizes to utilize industry-standard Extensible Markup Language (XML) technology in managing spreadsheet, word processing and form documents.

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