SpreadsheetML is the
XML
Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a markup language and file format for storing, transmitting, and reconstructing arbitrary data. It defines a set of rules for encoding documents in a format that is both human-readable and machine-readable ...
schema for
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Office, or simply Office, is the former name of a family of client software, server software, and services developed by Microsoft. It was first announced by Bill Gates on August 1, 1988, at COMDEX in Las Vegas. Initially a marketi ...
Excel 2003.
The Office 2003 XML Reference Schemas are included in the
Microsoft Open Specification Promise The Microsoft Open Specification Promise (or OSP) is a promise by Microsoft, published in September 2006, to not assert its patents, in certain conditions, against implementations of a certain list of specifications.
The OSP is not a licence, but ...
, a legal statement concerning unrestricted use of Microsoft intellectual property.
See also
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Microsoft Office 2003 XML formats
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Office Open XML
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OpenDocument
The Open Document Format for Office Applications (ODF), also known as OpenDocument, is an open file format for word processing documents, spreadsheets, presentations and graphics and using ZIP-compressed XML files. It was developed wi ...
References
External links
XML Spreadsheet ReferenceECMA Office Open XML File Formats overview
Computer file formats
Technical communication
Markup languages
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