digg

Join DiggAbout

Discover the best of the web!
Learn more about Digg by taking the tour.

MSXML Is Not an Open Standard

libervis.com — ECMA has approved Microsofts Office OpenXML and is about to submit it to the ISO/IEC for consideration as an open standard.

Bury
show profanity settings
expand all
  • furtwan1, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2this guy doesn't know anything about xml.

    Office OpenXML format uses STANDARD xml. MSXML is just MS's parser, which is compatible with the XML spec.
    • 3monkeys, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2I think the point he is trying to make is that the DTD is extremely oriented to providing backward compatability to other MS formats. XML is XML regardless, however, DTDs and/or Schemas are another matter, are they truely open or are they geared to a particular implimentation? In this case the OpenXML is geared toward MS implimentations. Read the spec (all 4000 pages).
    • schestowitz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+16000 pages, describing an existing implementation (making this all ass-backwards, i.e. code->specs) and platform-specific conditions. OpenXML may be XML, but it's not Open and it's kind of a joke. ECMA is an industry for industry thing.
  • Junkyarddawg, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Why does the ODF Alliance care about a microsoft-backed XML?

    Is XML a competitor to ODF somehow?
    • schestowitz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1It's people who don't understand the debate who make the current state of formats so miserable. ODF is XML. But it's a real spec, not a 'binary dump' as XML...
  •  

    Login or register to add a comment

    Create a new account or login to join in the conversation on Digg. You'll also be able to Digg stories to help promote things you like.


© Digg Inc. 2008 — Content posted by Digg users is dedicated to the public domain.
DIGG, DIGG IT, DUGG, DIGG THIS, Digg graphics, logos, designs, page headers, button icons, scripts, and other service names are the trademarks of Digg Inc.