http://blogs.technet.com/yungchou/archive/2008/04/01/open-xml-file-formats-as-an-international-standard-finally.aspxYes, it is happening. Ecma Office Open XML Document Format appears to win approval as an ISO/IEC Standard. And ISO and IEC have approved Office Open XML document format standard . Open XML offers great opportunities in the areas of file and data management,en-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)