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http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3312091
Details at
http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=/
netahtml/search-
adv.htm&r=9&p=1&f=G&l=50&d=ptxt&S1=Microsoft.ASNM.&OS=AN/
Microsoft&RS=AN/Microsoft
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Systems, methods and data structures for encompassing scripts written
in one or more scripting languages in a single file. The scripts of a
computer system are organized into a single file using Extensible
Language Markup (XML). Each script is delimited by a file element and
the script's instructions are delimited by a code element within each
file element. Other information, such as a name of the script and a
functional description of the script may also be included in the file
using other XML elements to delimit that information. The language in
which a particular script is written is also included within the XML
format. When a particular script is executed, the file is parsed to
create a list of the script names or of the functional descriptions of
the scripts. One or more scripts are selected and the code for those
scripts is extracted from the file and executed by the appropriate
scripting process. The scripting process that executes a particular
script is identified from the scripting extension attribute that is
included in the XML format of the file."
At very first glance, it appears to be another case of "wrapping common
practice in XML tags makes it patentable". Of course, there could be
subtleties here that are more innovative than are apparent at first
glance, but needless to say it's hard to have any faith that the USPTO
would be able to tell the difference.
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