https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/open-api-for-mxd/idi-p/927997 <P>Publish an open API so that other software can read the binary MXD files, just like was done for the File Geodatabase</P><!-- content transformation source ID: 08730000000bmrO --> Tue, 23 Apr 2024 18:25:13 GMT Bartvan_den_Eijnden 2024-04-23T18:25:13Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/open-api-for-mxd/idi-p/927997 <P>Publish an open API so that other software can read the binary MXD files, just like was done for the File Geodatabase</P><!-- content transformation source ID: 08730000000bmrO --> Tue, 23 Apr 2024 18:25:13 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/open-api-for-mxd/idi-p/927997 Bartvan_den_Eijnden 2024-04-23T18:25:13Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/open-api-for-mxd/idc-p/1414326#M29603 <P>ArcGIS Desktop is in <A href="https://support.esri.com/en-us/products/arcmap/life-cycle" target="_self">mature support</A> and will be retired March 1, 2026 so we won’t be considering this idea. We recommend that you migrate to ArcGIS Pro, our fully supported desktop GIS application. See <A href="https://www.esri.com/en-us/arcgis/products/arcgis-pro/resources/migrate" target="_self">Migrate from ArcMap</A>&nbsp;to ArcGIS Pro for more information. Thank you for taking the time to share your ideas.&nbsp; We truly appreciate your contributions to continuously improving the software to help you do your&nbsp;work and look forward to what ideas you have for ArcGIS Pro.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>Note, the persistence model for ArcGIS Pro is the CIM and this is available here:&nbsp;<A href="https://github.com/Esri/cim-spec" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://github.com/Esri/cim-spec</A></P> Tue, 23 Apr 2024 18:29:34 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-ideas/open-api-for-mxd/idc-p/1414326#M29603 CraigWilliams 2024-04-23T18:29:34Z