An XML-based document format from Microsoft. Providing full page layout capabilities, XML Paper Specification (XPS) also allows digital signatures and digital rights to be applied to the documents.

Like it has done with its Open XML specification, Microsoft is pushing its XML Paper Specification (XPS) alternative to PDF through the standards bodies. And just like the case with Open XML, ...

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The XML Paper Specification was developed by Microsoft and ECMA International and released in 2006. XPS offers an open standard for creating, editing, processing and printing fixed-layout documents.

Adobe CEO Bruce Chizen told German-language newspaper Euro am Sonntag that his company is prepared to battle Microsoft in court over some of Vista’s new features, a threat we have heard before. Chizen ...

OXPS is just like PDF but is based on Open XML Paper Specification and was developed by Microsoft. It has some perks such as its integration with Microsoft services and the fact that it is based on ...

XPS is short for XML Paper Specification. It was invented by Microsoft as a replacement for PDF files. XPS files can be used to archive and share files you routinely use for your business, such as ...