Professional XML (Programmer to Programmer)

This section contains links to Web sites and documents to help you when working with XML and Office.

• q Office Developer Center on MSDN ( http://www.msdn.microsoft.com/office )-Information on developing for Office, including many XML resources.

• q Office Reference Schemas ( http://www.microsoft.com/office/xml/default.mspx )- Information on WordProcessingML, SpreadsheetML, and other formats used by the 2003 family of Office documents.

• q OpenXML Specification (ecma-international.org/news/TC45_current_work/Ecma%20TC45%20OOXML%20Standard%20-%20Draft%201.3.pdf)-Specification for the OpenXML formats used by Office 2007 in PDF format. Note: the specification is over 4000 pages.

• q OpenOffice ( http://www.openoffice.org )-Home to the Open Office suite of products, and the Open Document Format.

• q HR-XML ( hr-xml.org )-Group working on creating standardized formats and schemas for common Human Resources documents and processes, such as resumes, employee performance tracking, and more.