Cannot open idml file

I wondered if someone could help. A colleague saved an idml file last night and none of us can open it today.
It's got quite a bit of work we would prefer not to lose so if any Adobe support staff can help, we would really appreciate it.
Thanks.

Two points.
This is no way to work.Everyone needs to be on the same version.
You need a backup plan. I wrote this a couple of years ago but it holds
true today:
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