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RE: Word 2003 schemas available

• To: Michael Kay <michael.h.kay@n...>
• Subject: RE: Word 2003 schemas available
• From: Murali Mani <mani@C...>
• Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 07:29:43 -0800 (PST)
• Cc: <xml-dev@l...>
• In-reply-to: <000701c3adde$6f58ee70$6401a8c0@pcukmka>

Thanks..

On Tue, 18 Nov 2003, Michael Kay wrote:

> No, space has nothing to do with it. The benefit is that it becomes a
> feasible proposition to extract the information in the document in ways
> that don't depend on the availability of Microsoft software.

that sounds reasonable, however can we be sure Microsoft will not define a
custom binary format for storing XML documents from Office?

> > also, I think lot of people are familar with security
> > loopholes in XML using processing instructions etc... what
> > kind of security loop holes need to be fixed??
>
> There are no security loopholes in XML, only in the software that you
> use to process it.

Is it not possible to specify some bad processing instructions? I think an
example of a bad processing instruction (that I am thinking of) and why it
is not a problem will help..??

best, murali.

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