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Standard yet proprietary?

Help me out here... “proprietary XML schema?”

How is an XML schema proprietary? I mean, XML is XML, and the whole point is that it can describe pretty much any data. Yes, Microsoft obviously has IP rights to a schema, but I don't see how it's “proprietary.”

Wow I'm bored today...

Posted: Apr 15 2004, 03:56 PM by Jeff | with 6 comment(s)
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ed said:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?>
<document>
<title>Proprietary XML schema Example</title>
<date>2004-04-15</date>
<body type="base64 proprietary enhancement"> TWFuIGlzIGRpc3Rpbmd1aXNoZWQsIG5vdCBvbmx5IGJ5IGhpcyByZWFzb24sIGJ1dCBieSB0
aGlzIHNpbmd1bGFyIHBhc3Npb24gZnJvbSBvdGhlciBhbmltYWxzLCB3aGljaCBpcyBhIGx1
c3Qgb2YgdGhlIG1pbmQsIHRoYXQgYnkgYSBwZXJzZXZlcmFuY2Ugb2YgZGVsaWdodCBpbiB0
aGUgY29udGludWVkIGFuZCBpbmRlZmF0aWdhYmxlIGdlbmVyYXRpb24gb2Yga25vd2xlZGdl
LCBleGNlZWRzIHRoZSBzaG9ydCB2ZWhlbWVuY2Ugb2YgYW55IGNhcm5hbCBwbGVhc3VyZS4=
</body>
</document>
# April 15, 2004 6:21 PM

Jeff said:

But it's still XML...
# April 15, 2004 9:48 PM

AndrewSeven said:

The word "Windows" is a proprietary trademark, but it is still English.
# April 15, 2004 10:01 PM

IM said:

Proprietary binary format: I mean it's still just bytes?
Fink about it.
# April 16, 2004 4:48 AM

Jeff said:

So what you guys are saying is that Visio files are just binaries wrapped in XML? If that's the case, that pretty much makes it pointless to use XML.
# April 16, 2004 7:55 AM

ed said:

Exactly jeff. Its more of a to ride the XML buzzword craze than to actually use it for its advantages.
# April 19, 2004 2:37 PM
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