This post cross links to M$ patent thread of patent http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?patentnumber=7571169 Word-processing document stored in a single XML file that may be manipulated by applications that understand XML
On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 2:51 AM, Pranesh Prakash<[email protected]> wrote: > That assumes that there are costs involved in multiple standards, > which is what I'm seeking to question (not necessarily to refute). My > question is mainly about concurrent usage of multiple open standards > when the costs incurred are questionable (i.e., it is highly unlikely > that there will come a situation where a program like OpenOffice.org > will stop supporting .txt files). Sometimes it is more convenient to > use .txt while at other times .odt is more convenient (at least at a > personal level, as I consider things like file size / support for > formatting / ease of opening for others, etc.). What would be the > arguments against such concurrent use? The abstract of the patent ends: The word-processing document is stored in a single XML file. Additionally, manipulation of word-processing documents may be done on computing devices that do not include the word-processor itself. Here we have: 1. the document that the word processor can understand 2. the document that any xml processor can understand, given the DTD 3. the document that any string processor can understand 4. the document that any text processor can "understand" Since you ask about arguments against such concurrent use, maybe they will involve some kind of information loss during handling. Given that we call something a word processor document, we can ask what are the processors that process this into another word processor document. Here the format/standard prescribes the utility of the document in-spite of a specific processor, by prescribing criteria of well-formedness. So multiple standards could mean there are multiple well-formedness criteria that a document satisfies, for different processing ends but in the "multiple standards" discussion here the meaning is more: Is the document well-formed according to any one of the standards so that loss-less processors can be provisioned/availed. -o- _______________________________________________ network mailing list [email protected] http://lists.fosscom.in/listinfo.cgi/network-fosscom.in
