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A document file format is a Text or Binary File format for storing Document s on a Storage Media , especially for use by Computer s. There currently exist a multitude of incompatible document file formats. The file format currently used by Microsoft Word (.doc) is arguably the most widespread De Facto -standard. A rough consensus has been established that XML is to be the basis for future document file formats. Open XML-based standards include DocBook and, more recently, OpenDocument and Office Open XML . The latter became an ISO standard on May 3, 2006. However Microsoft will be using the Office Open XML document format standardized through Ecma International which is currently under standardization in ISO. 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 Programming Language s such as PostScript and PDF have become the De Facto -standard for documents that a typical user should only be able to be read, not edit. COMMON DOCUMENT FILE FORMATS
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