<s>
OpenOffice.org	B-Operating_System
XML	I-Operating_System
is	O
an	O
open	O
XML-based	O
file	O
format	O
developed	O
as	O
an	O
open	O
community	O
effort	O
by	O
Sun	O
Microsystems	O
in	O
2000	O
–	O
2002	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
open-source	O
software	O
application	O
suite	O
OpenOffice.org	B-Application
1.x	O
and	O
StarOffice	B-Application
6	O
and	O
7	O
used	O
the	O
format	O
as	O
their	O
native	O
and	O
default	O
file	O
format	O
for	O
saving	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
OpenOffice.org	B-Operating_System
XML	I-Operating_System
format	O
is	O
no	O
longer	O
widely	O
used	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
is	O
still	O
supported	O
in	O
recent	O
versions	O
of	O
OpenOffice.org-descended	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenDocument	B-Application
(	O
ISO/IEC	B-Application
26300:2006	I-Application
)	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
OpenOffice.org	B-Operating_System
XML	I-Operating_System
and	O
these	O
formats	O
are	O
very	O
similar	O
in	O
many	O
technical	O
areas	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
OpenDocument	B-Application
is	O
not	O
the	O
same	O
as	O
the	O
older	O
OpenOffice.org	B-Operating_System
XML	I-Operating_System
format	O
and	O
these	O
formats	O
are	O
not	O
directly	O
compatible	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2005	O
,	O
OpenOffice.org	B-Application
(	O
since	O
version	O
2.0	O
)	O
and	O
StarOffice	B-Application
(	O
since	O
version	O
8	O
)	O
switched	O
to	O
OpenDocument	B-Application
as	O
their	O
native	O
and	O
default	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
StarOffice	B-Application
developers	O
adopted	O
XML	B-Protocol
to	O
replace	O
the	O
old	O
binary	O
StarOffice	B-Application
file	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
draft	O
version	O
was	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
StarOffice	B-Operating_System
XML	I-Operating_System
File	I-Operating_System
Format	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
format	O
uses	O
XML	B-Protocol
files	O
to	O
describe	O
the	O
documents	O
.	O
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