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) v1.4^[2]
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^[3]
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)^[4]	ODF Package^[5]
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)	W3C MathML (ISO/IEC 40314)^[6]^[7]
Change-tracking	supported^[8]	supported^[9]
Conditional formatting in spreadsheets	supported^[10]	supported^[11]
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)	Open Font Format (ISO/IEC 14496-22)
PANOSE font specifications	part of the standard^[12]
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^[13] Ecma copyrighted free download / copying allowed	ISO/IEC copyrighted free download^[13] OASIS copyrighted free download / copying allowed
Additional technology patent licensing	Reasonable and non-discriminatory licensing (RAND-Z) Microsoft Open Specification Promise (OSP)^[14] Microsoft Covenant Not to Sue (CNS)^[15]	Sun Microsystems intellectual property covenant IBM Interoperability Specifications Pledge^[16]
Implementations covered by patent license	Patent license covers conforming implementations^[14]	Patent license covers fully compliant implementations^[16]
File format	Office Open XML	OpenDocument

References

1 2 "ISO/IEC 29500-1:2016". ISO. Retrieved 2023-04-17.
↑ online, heise (2025-12-04). "OASIS ratifies Open Document Format 1.4 as a standard". iX Magazin. Retrieved 2025-12-04.
↑ "ISO/IEC 26300-1:2015". ISO. Retrieved 2023-04-17.
↑ "ISO/IEC 29500-2:2021". ISO. Retrieved 2023-04-17.
↑ "Erwin's StarOffice Tango". Archived from the original on 2008-01-17. Retrieved 2009-05-14.
↑ "ODFValidator - Apache OpenOffice Wiki".
↑ "A Demo: Mathematica, MathML and ODF". 20 August 2006.
↑ "Doug Mahugh".
↑ Jean Weber. "OpenOffice.org Writer for Microsoft Word users". Documentation.openoffice.org. Retrieved 2022-11-18.
↑ "Doug Mahugh".
↑ "Conditional Formatting in OpenOffice Calc Spreadsheets".
↑ W3C Panose document standard proposal
1 2 Freely Available ISO Standards
1 2 "Microsoft Open Specification Promise". Microsoft. Retrieved 2008-12-05.
↑ "Ecma Office Open XML File Formats overview". Archived from the original on 2006-11-17. Retrieved 2008-12-05.
1 2 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

[:0-1] 1 2 "ISO/IEC 29500-1:2016". ISO. Retrieved 2023-04-17.

[2] , heise (2025-12-04). "OASIS ratifies Open Document Format 1.4 as a standard". iX Magazin. Retrieved 2025-12-04.

[3] "ISO/IEC 26300-1:2015". ISO. Retrieved 2023-04-17.

[4] "ISO/IEC 29500-2:2021". ISO. Retrieved 2023-04-17.

[5] "Erwin's StarOffice Tango". Archived from the original on 2008-01-17. Retrieved 2009-05-14.

[6] "ODFValidator - Apache OpenOffice Wiki".

[7] "A Demo: Mathematica, MathML and ODF". 20 August 2006.

[changetracking-8] "Doug Mahugh".

[9] Jean Weber. "OpenOffice.org Writer for Microsoft Word users". Documentation.openoffice.org. Retrieved 2022-11-18.

[cf-10] "Doug Mahugh".

[11] "Conditional Formatting in OpenOffice Calc Spreadsheets".

[12] W3C Panose document standard proposal

[ISO_free-13] 1 2 Freely Available ISO Standards

[MS-OSP-14] 1 2 "Microsoft Open Specification Promise". Microsoft. Retrieved 2008-12-05.

[15] "Ecma Office Open XML File Formats overview". Archived from the original on 2006-11-17. Retrieved 2008-12-05.

[IBM-ISP-list-16] 1 2 Interoperability Specifications Pledge

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Comparison of Office Open XML and OpenDocument

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