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Re: New XML tool for improving data-processing performance

• To: Mike Champion <mc@x...>
• Subject: Re: New XML tool for improving data-processing performance
• From: Robin Berjon <robin.berjon@e...>
• Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2003 17:11:18 +0100
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• Organization: Expway
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Mike Champion wrote:
> BTW, the patent on this will raise some eyebrows; I'm pretty sure the 
> basic idea of converting back and forth between CSV and simple XML 
> formats has been around since the earliest days of data-oriented XML, 
> and an abundance of prior art could be easily uncovered.

I'd guess RAX would infringe on it somehow. Otherwise a quick glance at CPAN 
shows that such tools have been available publicly for at least three years.

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Robin Berjon <robin.berjon@e...>
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