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Xassist (zip)

Xassist is an SGML and XML quality control suite that provides users with the ability to correct structure and content errors. Xassist Parser includes five XML parsers and two SGML parsers which parse and correct in recursive, batch or single file mode; a file drag and drop facility; and cursor...

Tags: Quality Control, SGML, Xassist, Xassist Parser, Xassist Builder, Quality, XML, Business Operations, Software/Web Development, Web Development

Software downloads 2007-06-28

Small company makes big claims on XML patents

Small company makes big claims on XML patentsAbolish Software Patents!Software patents are evil and must be abolished, as this piece of news show...Again..We keep seeing stories like this and the morons who support the destructive software patents just can't seem to get it through their thick heads.How much damage must...

Tags: patent, XML, Scientigo, SGML, software

Discussion threads 2005-10-21

W3C proposes XML identifiers

W3C proposes XML identifiersWhat a messHacking and hacking at something as fundamentally conceptually flawed as XML won't fix the problems. Will these people never learn? As Santayana so rightly put it "Those who do not remember their past are condemned to repeat their mistakes".In the meantime I guess they can...

Tags: XLink, text-file, W3C, XML, SGML

Discussion threads 2005-07-13

A Brief History of SGML and XML at the Patent and Trademark Office

The United States Patent and Trademark Office USPTO currently publishes approximately 3,500 patent grants per week and nearly that many patent applications. Sometime in 2002, the number of applications is likely to exceed the number of grants published. Long before the volume of applications reached its current level of more...

Tags: Patent, Microsoft Office, XML, U.S. Patent And Trademark Office, SGML

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Microsoft accused of stacking ISO committee

Microsoft's strong-arming of the ISO process regarding Open XML, the proprietary format of Microsoft Office, may be destroying its legitimacy. (Picture from the IS-Thought Group.) In a memo sent following his last meeting as head of the working group on WG1, which is handling Microsoft's application to make...

Tags: ISO, Microsoft Corp., Iso standards, Process Improvement, Quality, Business Operations, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2007-12-06

About XML Documents in Word

Extensible Markup Language XML (Extensible Markup Language XML: A condensed form of Standard Generalized Markup Language SGML that enables developers to create customized tags that offer flexibility in organizing and presenting information.) enables the user to organize and work with documents and data in ways that were previously impossible or...

Tags: Microsoft Word, XML Document, XML, Software/Web Development, Web Development

White papers 2007-12-01

Adobe Framemaker (clk;130748392;18272290;h)

Adobe FrameMaker 8 software is an essential upgrade with new features to help you author and publish polished technical documentation in multiple languages. Handle structured content in XML and SGML; support DITA and DocBook document types; and leverage new support for Unicode, 3D, and rich content.Version 8 adds support for...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Unicode, CSS, Modems, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Hardware, Components

Software downloads 2007-07-30

Microsoft document formats gain Mass. favor

Microsoft document formats gain Mass. favorOnly Those Retiring Follow the old Microsoft-Way TodayIt is about now. Microsoft may no longer be a criminal organization. The new management comes from IT and they have track records involving the industry-standardization needed for cooperation. The Novell-Microsoft marriage was the turning point. Hell froze...

Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), Quality, Microsoft Office, Word processors, thuggery, Microsoft Corp., Corel Corp., draft proposal

Discussion threads 2007-07-02

Silverlight...coming soon to Linux

Silverlight...coming soon to LinuxWell, Novell asked.That gave Novell an advantage in the competition to see which version of Linux Microsoft would support. Novell also had some potential IP Court cases that could have been expensive. (Not forgetting a case that was excluded from the agreement.)Also, Novell needed the...

Tags: .NET, Development tools, OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., Mono, Microsoft Silverlight, Linux, Novell Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-05-04

Sun's Gosling on security threats, development and Microsoft

Sun's Gosling on security threats, development and MicrosoftOpen Source Java = Intelegent Development EnvironmentsIt should not be surprising that Microsoft actually harmed software development and the US IT industry with its tools and methods. A brief review of the rhetoric its marketing department put out involving Corel is all that...

Tags: Programming languages, security, Java, Microsoft Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-03-20

Standards make open source political

Standards make open source politicalRe: Standards make open source politicalWhat exactly was the idiot that came up with this title thinking? Standards, in this case OpenDocument Format (ISO 26300) versus the Open XML standard proposal (in ECMA: ISO/IEC JTC1) has little if anything to do with Open Source. ...

Tags: Modems, open standard, modem, 56K Modem, open source

Discussion threads 2007-02-26

Does ODF lack sufficient detail?

Does ODF lack sufficient detail?Sort of......Medium grade doesn't deprive a car of full functionality. Medium grade ODF as you call it says next to nothing about formulas in spreadsheets. I imagine there is even less detail in other areas.If you want consistency, you really should want LOTS of...

Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), OpenDocument Format, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-02-16

Amsterdam to evaluate open source

Amsterdam to evaluate open sourcewise move:)PowerPoint is Open Office's Best FriendYears of trying to get budget for Microsoft Office met with surprise just at year end for those dealing with American Bar Association lawyers. Vista users have been trained to save their documents in PowerPoint format because Vista Word format...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Office, open source, Microsoft Windows Vista, OpenOffice, Microsoft PowerPoint, software, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-01-02

Proof that the search for "great search" isn't over just yet

Proof that the search for "great search" isn't over just yetSide point, but not irrelevant..."although there are some studies often commissioned by the providers of insourced solutions that try to demonstrate how outsourcing to application service providers like Salesforce.com might cost more in the long run"That's why OSS CRM solutions...

Tags: Document management, Strategy, Google Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc.

Discussion threads 2006-12-13

The case for OpenID

[Ed. We have recently seen a rise in interest in several new identity technologies. These technologies arise from a different set of missions than traditional enterprise focused, domain-centric identity management systems. This article, written by Netmeshs Johannes Ernst and VeriSigns David Recordon explores the "why" of one of these technologies...

Tags: OpenID, General

Blog posts 2006-12-04

EU welcomes autonomy plan for Net governance

EU welcomes autonomy plan for Net governanceA mistake in the making...Just wait and see."With our advice""With our advice, we will contribute to this transition to ensure that it takes place transparently, reflecting the interests of industry and civil society alike," Reding said."Sounds like they assume it would go terriblywrong without...

Tags: Internet, CERN

Discussion threads 2006-10-02

Windows Live Search ready to go live

Windows Live Search ready to go liveWindows Live Search ready to go liveOne word: Competition! And Microsoft has the manpower and name recogintion to bring it. This will keep Google on their toes and hopefully give them the swift kick they need to actually make a decent...

Tags: Word processors, Hindsight, Corel WordPerfect, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Word, Google Inc., search engine, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Live Search, Microsoft Windows Live

Discussion threads 2006-09-11

Baynote applies wisdom of communities to search

Most search engines apply behavioral intelligence--applying clickstream data, such as link structure, to improve search--but Baynote is taking it a step further. The company, founded in November 2004 and employing about 20 people, is mining user behavior on Web pages--what CEO Jack Jia calls the "wisdom of the community"--for improving...

Tags: Baynote

Blog posts 2006-06-13

XML co-inventor Bray responds to patent assault

After seeing the news this morning about how the CEO of Scientigo has plans to extract royalties from those who have implemented the XML specification including Microsoft, Oracle, and Amazon (actually, he could probably sue everybody), I asked the man credited with co-inventing XML -- Sun's Tim Bray -- what...

Tags: XML, Tim Bray

Blog posts 2005-10-21

Patent holder plans shakedown of XML users. So, that's everybody, right?

Patent holder plans shakedown of XML users. So, that's everybody, right?Prior artRead the claims -- he's basically claiming all forms of tagged data. Among other things that includes Smalltalk and later object-oriented programming languages, Ada, SGML, and quite a few tape-archive formats dating back to the 60s.Collection will...

Tags: OOA/OOD/OOP, Programming languages, XML

Discussion threads 2005-10-21