Open XML Paper Specification

Open XML Paper Specification (also referred to as OpenXPS) is an <a href="/facts/Open_specification/RGvhGQVI">open specification</a> for a <a href="/facts/Page_description_language/aUNGG3uU">page description language</a> and a fixed-document format. <a href="/facts/Microsoft/nGIDDXdx">Microsoft</a> developed it as the XML Paper Specification (XPS). In June 2009, <a href="/facts/Ecma_International/HCbnIU6n">Ecma International</a> adopted it as international standard ECMA-388.
It is an <a href="/facts/XML/clNgUfWk">XML</a>-based (more precisely <a href="/facts/XAML/L17VFyz2">XAML</a>-based) specification, based on a new print path (print processing data representation and data flow) and a <a href="/facts/Color_management/4PtNuCee">color-managed</a> <a href="/facts/Vector_graphics/y8ok7M2P">vector document format</a> that supports <a href="/facts/Device_independence/D76NlC46">device independence</a> and <a href="/facts/Resolution_independence/SRquytpu">resolution independence</a>. In <a href="/facts/Windows_8/eRtw96T3">Windows 8</a> .xps was replaced with the ECMA standard .oxps format which is not natively supported in older Windows versions.
OpenXPS was introduced by Microsoft as an alternative to <a href="/facts/Portable_Document_Format/C9Mn1vYL">Portable Document Format</a> (PDF). However, PDF remained the standard choice, and support for and user familiarity with XPS files is limited. It has been described as neglected technology, which may cause difficulties to recipients of documents in a format they are not familiar with.

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Open XML Paper Specification