[2] It includes word processing, presentation, and spreadsheet modules, and is made up of GUI, API, and format specifications.

[10] The software was developed between November 2005 and October 2006 by the Open Standard Lab of Peking University.

[11] Software is being developed at ACT (The Institute of Advanced Computing Technology) at Beihang University to convert from OOXML to UOF and vice versa.

[12] At the "World Trade Organization IPRs Issues in Standardization" conference in Beijing (April 2007), convened by the Chinese Ministry of Commerce, the China State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO) and Sun Microsystems, Scott McNealy, the Chairman of Sun Microsystems called for a merger of OASIS/ISO's ODF and China's UOF.

[14][15] A comparison document between ODF and UOF is available from the ODF-UOF project on SourceForge.