Comparison of Office Open XML and OpenDocument

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 Formats [1]	OASIS Open Document Format for Office Applications (OpenDocument) v1.3
Latest ISO/IEC standardised version	ISO/IEC IS 29500-1:2012—Office Open XML File Formats [1]	ISO/IEC IS 26300-1:2015—Open Document Format for Office Applications (OpenDocument) v1.2 [2]
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) [3]	ODF Package [4]
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)	Mathematical Markup Language (ISO/IEC 40314) [5] [6]
Change-tracking	supported [7]	supported [8]
Conditional formatting in spreadsheets	supported [9]	supported [10]
Spreadsheet formula language	part of the standard[ citation needed ]	based on OpenFormula
Macro language	application-defined	application-defined
Digital signatures	part of the standard[ citation needed ]	supported
Thumbnails	JPEG (ISO/IEC 10918)	PNG (ISO/IEC 15948)
Interchange of digital font information	Open Font Format (ISO/IEC 14496-22)
PANOSE font specifications	part of the standard [11]
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 download [12] Ecma copyrighted free download / copying allowed	ISO/IEC copyrighted free download [12] OASIS copyrighted free download / copying allowed
Additional technology patent licensing	Reasonable and non-discriminatory licensing (RAND-Z) Microsoft Open Specification Promise (OSP) [13] Microsoft Covenant Not to Sue (CNS) [14]	Sun Microsystems intellectual property covenant IBM Interoperability Specifications Pledge [15]
Implementations covered by patent license	Patent license covers conforming implementations [13]	Patent license covers fully compliant implementations [15]
File format	Office Open XML	OpenDocument

See also

• Comparison of document markup languages
• Standardization of Office Open XML
• List of document markup languages
• Lightweight markup language

References

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

External links

• ECMA-376: Office Open XML File Formats
• ISO/IEC 29500-1:2016: Office Open XML File Formats
• ISO/IEC 26300-1:2015: Open Document Format for Office Applications (OpenDocument) v1.2
• ISO/IEC 26300:2006: Open Document Format for Office Applications (OpenDocument) v1.0
• ISO/IEC TR 29166:2011: Guidelines for translation between ISO/IEC 26300 and ISO/IEC 29500 document formats
• Lost in Translation: Interoperability Issues for Open Standards - ODF and OOXML as Examples