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    Document file format


    A document file format is a text or binary file format for storing documents on a storage media,
    especially for use by computers. There currently exist a multitude of incompatible document file
    formats.

    Examples of XML-based open standards are DocBook, XHTML, and, more recently, the ISO/IEC
    standards OpenDocument (ISO 26300:2006) and Office Open XML (ISO 29500:2008).

    In 1993, the ITU-T tried to establish a standard for document file formats, known as the Open
    Document Architecture (ODA) which was supposed to replace all competing document file formats. It
    is described in ITU-T documents T.411 through T.421, which are equivalent to ISO 8613. It did not
    succeed.

    Page description languages such as PostScript and PDF have become the de facto standard for
    documents that a typical user should only be able to create and read, not edit. In 2001, a series of
    ISO/IEC standards for PDF began to be published, including the specification for PDF itself, ISO-
    32000.

    HTML is the most used and open international standard and it is also used as document file format. It
    has also become ISO/IEC standard (ISO 15445:2000).

    The default binary file format used by Microsoft Word (.doc) has become widespread de facto
    standard for office documents, but it is a proprietary format and is not always fully supported by other
    word processors.

    Common document file formats


    ASCII, UTF-8 — plain text formats
    Amigaguide
    .doc for Microsoft Word — Structural binary format developed by Microsoft (specifications
    available since 2008 under the Open Specification Promise)[1][2]
    DjVu — file format designed primarily to store scanned documents[3]
    DocBook — an XML format for technical documentation
    HTML (.html, .htm), (open standard, ISO from 2000), in combination with possible image files
    referred to.
    FictionBook (.fb2) — open XML-based e-book format
    Markdown (.md) — markup language for creating formatted text using plain text
    Office Open XML — .docx (XML-based standard for office documents)
    OpenDocument — .odt (XML-based standard for office documents)
    OpenOffice.org XML — .sxw (open, XML-based format for office documents)
    OXPS — Open XML Paper Specification (Windows 8.1 and above, older version is XPS used in
    Windows 7)
    PalmDoc — handheld document format
    .pages for Pages
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    PDF — Open standard for document exchange. ISO standards include PDF/X (eXchange), PDF/A
    (Archive), PDF/E (Engineering), ISO 32000 (PDF), PDF/UA (Accessibility) and PDF/VT (Variable
    data and transactional printing). PDF is readable on almost every platform with free or open
    source readers. Open source PDF creators are also available.
    PostScript — .ps
    Rich Text Format (RTF) — meta data format being developed by Microsoft since 1987 for
    Microsoft products and cross-platform document interchange[4][5][6][7][8]
    SYmbolic LinK (SYLK)
    Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) - Graphics format primarily for vector-based images.
    TeX — Open-source typesetting program and format. First successful mathematical notation
    language.
    TEI — XML format for digital publication
    Troff
    Uniform Office Format — Chinese standard
    WordPerfect (.wpd, .wp, .wp7, .doc) (Note: possible confusion with Word format extension)

    See also
    List of document file formats
    List of document markup languages
    Comparison of document markup languages
    Open format
    Word Processor
    Desktop Publishing
    LaTeX

    References
    1. "Microsoft Office Binary (doc, xls, ppt) File Formats" (https://web.archive.org/web/2009030801282
    7/http://www.microsoft.com/interop/docs/OfficeBinaryFormats.mspx). Microsoft. 2008-02-15.
    Archived from the original (http://www.microsoft.com/interop/docs/OfficeBinaryFormats.mspx) on
    2009-03-08. Retrieved 2010-03-18.
    2. Microsoft Corporation (2010-07-23). "MS-DOC - Word Binary File Format (.doc) Structure
    Specification" (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc313153.aspx). Retrieved 2010-08-08.
    3. "What is DjVu - DjVu.org" (http://djvu.org/resources/whatisdjvu.php). DjVu.org. Retrieved
    2009-03-05.
    4. Microsoft Corporation (May 1999). "Rich Text Format (RTF) Specification, version 1.6" (http://msd
    n.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa140280(office.10).aspx). Retrieved 2010-03-13.
    5. "4.3 Non-HTML file formats" (https://web.archive.org/web/20100218033318/http://archive.cabineto
    ffice.gov.uk/e-government/resources/handbook/html/4-3.asp). e-Government Unit. May 2002.
    Archived from the original (http://archive.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/e-government/resources/handbook/h
    tml/4-3.asp) on February 18, 2010. Retrieved 2010-03-13.
    6. "RTF (.rtf)—Wolfram Language Documentation" (http://reference.wolfram.com/mathematica/ref/for
    mat/RTF.html). reference.wolfram.com.
    7. "WD: Rich Text Format (RTF) Specification 1.7" (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/86999).
    support.microsoft.com.

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    8. Ranjan Parekh, Ranjan (2006). Principles of Multimedia. Tata McGraw-Hill. p. 87. ISBN 0-07-
    058833-3.

    External links
    Lost in Translation: Interoperability Issues for Open Standards - ODF and OOXML as Examples (h
    ttps://ssrn.com/abstract=1201708)

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