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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. 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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