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hmm, I recently implemented something almost
100% like this using xsl-t as the scripting
environment, running through msxml using
extension functions to evaluate scripts.
not particularly useful, but fun.
> If the mere use of XML as a file format
renders an old idea newly
> patentable and Microsoft decided to
exploit this three years ago, the
> only choice seems to be to flee to YML
(Your ML) and get those patent
> applications in before the crowd. ;-}
>
> Bob Foster
> http://xmlbuddy.com/
>
> Michael Champion wrote:
> > 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
> >
> > "
> > 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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