Is OOXML Artifically Complex?

A while ago, the official blog of LibreOffice published a provocative article : “An artificially complex XML schema as a lock-in tool.” Its target is Microsoft’s XML-based file formats — the Office Open XML (OOXML). &#xA; The article alleges that, although Microsoft put its Office formats through standardization, the spec is engineered to be so complex that it obstructs interoperability with…