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The XML Paper Specification describes the XPS Document format. A document in XPS Document format (XPS Document) is a paginated representation of electronic paper described in an XML-based format. The XPS Document format is an open, cross-platform document format that allows customers to effortlessly create, share, print, and archive paginated documents.
XPS Documents use a file container that conforms to the Open Packaging Conventions. The new file formats in the next version of the Microsoft Office System, codenamed Office "12," also use the Open Packaging Conventions for organizing data into files, allowing businesses to be able to manage Office "12" documents and XPS Documents in the same manner.
XPS technologies in Windows Vista:
⢠The open XML Paper Specification (XPS), which describes the architecture of the XPS Document file formatâa paginated representation of electronic paper that is based on XML.
⢠The Open Packaging Conventions, which describes the method for packaging information in a file format, describing metadata, parts, relationships and application of digital signatures.
⢠An XPS Viewer to view, manage, and print files that conform to the XML Paper Specification.
⢠A print driver that allows users to generate XPS Documents from any application.
⢠A set of application programming interfaces (APIs) that are part of the Windows Presentation Foundation. These APIs enable:
⢠Integration of XPS Documents with traditional applications, the Web, and hardware.
⢠Integration of packages that conform to the Open Packaging Conventions with traditional applications and the Web.
⢠Generation of XPS Documents from Windows Presentation Foundation applications.
⢠A plug-in interface that allows any file format to be created from a Windows Presentation Foundation application.
⢠A new print pipeline with an integrated spool format, a new print driver model and a printer page description language based on XPS Document format
Thank you
The XML Paper Specification describes the XPS Document format. A document in XPS Document format (XPS Document) is a paginated representation of electronic paper described in an XML-based format. The XPS Document format is an open, cross-platform document format that allows customers to effortlessly create, share, print, and archive paginated documents.
XPS Documents use a file container that conforms to the Open Packaging Conventions. The new file formats in the next version of the Microsoft Office System, codenamed Office "12," also use the Open Packaging Conventions for organizing data into files, allowing businesses to be able to manage Office "12" documents and XPS Documents in the same manner.
XPS technologies in Windows Vista:
⢠The open XML Paper Specification (XPS), which describes the architecture of the XPS Document file formatâa paginated representation of electronic paper that is based on XML.
⢠The Open Packaging Conventions, which describes the method for packaging information in a file format, describing metadata, parts, relationships and application of digital signatures.
⢠An XPS Viewer to view, manage, and print files that conform to the XML Paper Specification.
⢠A print driver that allows users to generate XPS Documents from any application.
⢠A set of application programming interfaces (APIs) that are part of the Windows Presentation Foundation. These APIs enable:
⢠Integration of XPS Documents with traditional applications, the Web, and hardware.
⢠Integration of packages that conform to the Open Packaging Conventions with traditional applications and the Web.
⢠Generation of XPS Documents from Windows Presentation Foundation applications.
⢠A plug-in interface that allows any file format to be created from a Windows Presentation Foundation application.
⢠A new print pipeline with an integrated spool format, a new print driver model and a printer page description language based on XPS Document format
Thank you
