The Danish government is acting as a central repository for the XML schemas for Microsoft Word 2003, as various Microsoft bloggers have noted. At the same time, Microsoft has made its Word schemas downloadable from its own Web site. Microsoft plans to expand its list of publicly available schemas on December 5, to include those for Excel 2003 and InfoPath 2003, as well, according to the download site. Microsoft watchers are expressing cautious optimism on the moves — at least so far.