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XML 1.1 Spec Hits Some Snags

Posted by Hemos on from the battle-in-the-works dept.

oever writes "News.com reports that the new XML 1.1 specification defines a new newline character, making it incompatible with the 1.0 specifiation. Apparently, IBM has been pushing the new character to avoid having to modify their software, thereby invalidating everybody else's XML software."

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  1. New improved FP 21.0 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Now with linux support

    1. Re:New improved FP 21.0 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Flamebait? The moderator must be a microsoft employee.

  2. sp suckas by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    developers developers developers developerw`

  3. IBM's new XML character by truth_revealed · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    is $

  4. Re:Read the Unicode spec.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Ahh, Unicode, that other Grand Unifying Technology that does not work. When will people realize that technology should solve problems, rather than providing job security for standards committees.

  5. Stop thinking logically! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You're getting in the way of all the self-righteous rants and half-assed jokes! This is Slashdot! Get with the whining and half-informed pontificating!

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  7. My Ass by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    XML 1.2 will have the "My Ass" element...

  8. Re:How hard can it be... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Tkae your Perl and crawl back under your rock. PERL IS DEAD! Or it should be...

  9. IBM means Infernal Blurry Mariachis by LittleBigScript · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    main()
    {
    bool misspellings = true;

    "IBM also dismissed the notion it was railroading the XML working group to serve its own ends."

    What happens when a railroad meets the end of the track? I think I've seen something like that in the movies...

    "The debate over XML 1.1, formerly known as XML Blueberry, has raged on Internet discussion forums"

    Yes, the debate has been tremendous. But, of course it has something to do with godzilla...I mean, mozilla.
    Also, there seems to be alot of talk of unicorns...I mean, unicode.

    "...an increasingly global standard for representing characters in computerized text."

    First Earth, then the Milky Way, and eventually the Whole Universe(tm).

    Ok, I am done with the sarcasm.(obligitory simpson's quote)

    "Do I know what rhetorical means?"
    -Homer

  10. Re:Full Details by Mike+Schiraldi · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    Full details of why this has the potential to break things are on the XML news site Cafe Con Leche ... Please read that before making uninformed comments.

    Okay, i read it. Time for some uninformed comments!
    • Microsoft is really overstepping its bounds here. The DOJ needs to hit it hard.
    • IBM invented XML, so they can do what they want.
    • XML isn't even supposed to contain newlines, so what's the difference?
    • If we don't make this change, none of the XML parsers will be able to run after January 1, 2000
    • If you don't like the new XML, take public transportation.
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