> Isn't it all XML based? That doesn't help much when the XML format consists of elements like "footnoteLayoutLikeWW8" which "specifies that applications shall

> Isn't it all XML based? That doesn't help much when the XML format consists of elements like "footnoteLayoutLikeWW8" which "specifies that applications shall emulate the behavior of a previously existing word processing application (Microsoft Word 6.x/95/97)" [1]. I think this kind of thing is what the parent comment was referring to. [1] https://www.consortiuminfo.org/opendocument-and-ooxml/the-contradictory-nature-of-ooxml/ https://www.consortiuminfo.org/opendocument-and-ooxml/the-co...