Why OOXML is not a standard format for office documents - TDF Community Blog

Unfortunately, I keep reading about open-source software advocates who happily use Microsoft’s proprietary DOCX, XLSX and PPTX formats for their documents and therefore prefer proprietary software such as OnlyOffice to LibreOffice. Others write outrageous things such as: “OOXML is a standard format, and we have to accept it.” I would therefore like to take this opportunity to clarify, once and for all, why OOXML has never been, is not, and will never be a standard format unless Microsoft decides to completely redesign its office applications. I consider this impossible in light of past decisions, such as Excel’s inability to handle elements of the human genome properly. This forced the scientific community to change the names of these elements due to Microsoft’s refusal to fix an obvious Excel bug. In other words, because of Microsoft, all of us citizens of the world have been affected by the change of the names of some elements of our genome, with all that this entails for scientific research and, consequently, for the treatment of genetic diseases. This is an enormously important fact that has not received sufficient publicity in the media, but it illustrates how willing Microsoft is to overlook everything for its own

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ODF Toolkit Project Announces Release 0.13.0: Last Release Supporting JDK 11 - TDF Community Blog

BERLIN, Germany — The ODF Toolkit community is proud to announce the official release of version 0.13.0. This release marks a significant transition point in the project’s history, representing the last release to support JDK 11, with the project pivoting toward modern Java long-term support (LTS) releases. Release Highlights: Stability and Modernisation The 0.13.0 release provides a stable, high-performance foundation for programmatic manipulation of ODF 1.2 documents. Final JDK 11 Support: This is the definitive release for users operating on Java 11 environments. Broad Compatibility: Validated across the Java ecosystem on Windows 10, macOS (Apple Silicon M3), and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. Automated Deployment: GitHub release artefacts are now built automatically with Temurin JDK, ensuring a transparent, reproducible supply chain. FOSDEM 2026: Setting the Stage for 1.0.0 Following the release, the project’s core developers met in person at FOSDEM in Brussels, using the opportunity to align on the project’s next major milestone. During the event, the team finalised the roadmap for the upcoming 1.0.0 Release Candidate. Discussions focused on resolving the remaining blocking issues in the toolkit’s code-generation engine, paving the way for a more robust and extensible architecture. Immediate Future: JDK 17 and Apache Jena 5 The project has already

LibreOffice dénonce le format OOXML - ZDNET

The Document Foundation (TDF) intensifie sa critique contre Microsoft, accusant le géant américain de privilégier ses intérêts commerciaux au détriment de l'interopérabilité.