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>> Even a casual reading of XML specifications will show that you can define >> data types that require a special parser to interpret them, which could > be created - i.e., one that conformed to the XML standard. > If he's correct, could someone give me an example of a special xml parser? He is making the point that XML does not automatically mean "open". For example, you could take a WordPerfect binary document and compress it with gzip, then base64 encode it inside an XML tag. It would technically be well-formed XML, but impossible for anyone to do anything useful with it (other than extract proprietary WordPerfect files). On the other hand, he would need only glance at some XML from Word 11 or InfoPath to see that Office is *not* hiding any information. One might wonder why he would mention these two unrelated things (Office 11 XML and "proprietary XML") in the same article. Perhaps it was ignorance? Or maybe he wanted to create an impression in the reader's mind? You may speculate for yourself.
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