Comparison of OpenXPS and PDF: Difference between revisions

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This is a comparison of the [[Open XML Paper Specification|OpenXPS]] [[document file format]] with the [[Portable Document Format|PDF]] [[file format]]. Both file format standards are essentially [[Container format (digital)|containers]] for representing [[Content (media and publishing)|digital content]] in a paper-like fashion.<ref>{{Cite web |url= http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/business_applications/pdf_and_xps_when_acronyms_compete.html |title= Microsoft Watch - Business Applications - PDF and XPS: When Acronyms Compete |access-date=2009-07-11 |archive-url= https://archive.is/20120913223848/http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/business_applications/pdf_and_xps_when_acronyms_compete.html |archive-date= 2012-09-13 |deadurl-urlstatus=yes dead}}</ref><br />

Note that OpenXPS is incompatible with .xps files generated by Windows 7 and Vista. Windows versions from Windows 8 onward generate .oxps, OpenXPS compliant files (see [[Open XML Paper Specification]]).

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| [[Ecma International]]<ref>{{Cite web |url= http://www.printweek.com/news/674714/XPS-format-passes-first-standardisation-test/ |title=XPS format passes first standardisation test {{!}} printweek.com {{!}} Latest Print Industry News, Jobs, Features, Product Reviews, Used Printing and Packaging Machinery |access-date= 2009-07-11 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071224200156/http://www.printweek.com/news/674714/XPS-format-passes-first-standardisation-test/ |archive-date=2007-12-24 |dead-url-status=yes dead}}</ref>

| [[International Organization for Standardization|ISO]]

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| 2006<ref>{{Cite web |url= http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/xps/xpsspec.mspx |title=XML Paper Specification<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2009-07-11 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090825035207/http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/xps/xpsspec.mspx |archive-date=2009-08-25 |dead-url-status=yes dead|df= }}</ref>

| 1993<ref>[http://www.webopedia.com/DidYouKnow/Computer_Science/2005/pdf.asp All About Adobe PDF - Webopedia.com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

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| [[Markup language]] ([[XML]])<ref name="globalgraphics">{{Cite web |url=http://www.globalgraphics.com/xps/faq.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2009-07-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100705090927/http://www.globalgraphics.com/xps/faq.pdf |archive-date=2010-07-05 |dead-url-status=yes dead|df= }}</ref><ref name="verydoc">[http://www.verydoc.com/xps.html XPS: XML Paper Specification<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

| PDF is a database of objects that may be created from [[PostScript]] or generated directly by an application.

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| {{yes}}<ref name="amyuni" /><ref name="pdfzone">{{Cite web |url=http://www.pdfzone.com/c/a/Authoring/Look-Out-Acrobat-Microsoft-XPS-Is-on-Your-Tail/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=2009-07-15 |archive-url=https://archive.is/20130131090212/http://www.pdfzone.com/c/a/Authoring/Look-Out-Acrobat-Microsoft-XPS-Is-on-Your-Tail/ |archive-date=2013-01-31 |dead-url-status=yes dead|df= }}</ref>

| {{yes}}<ref name="amyuni" /><ref name="mactech">[http://www.mactech.com/articles/mactech/Vol.15/15.09/PDFIntro/ PDF Intro<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

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| <tt>oxps</tt><ref name="ECMA-388" />

| <tt>pdf</tt><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://amath.colorado.edu/documentation/postscript/WhatIs.html |title=explaining PostScript<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2009-07-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090301184448/http://amath.colorado.edu/documentation/postscript/WhatIs.html |archive-date=2009-03-01 |dead-url-status=yes dead|df= }}</ref>

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