I've been following this thread and I'm a bit surprised that no one has suggested Open Document Format: http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/office/faq.php Although it's still pretty new, it is fully documented, useable by editors available on multiple platforms, and appears to be free of any significant encumbrances. It's probably premature to condider this today, but I don't imagine that the alternative format discussion is going to resolve itself anytime soon. Scott Kitterman _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf