RE: Office 2003 Beta

[m.oritz_b.erger@xxxxxxxxxxx (Moritz Berger)]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-framers@omsys.com [mailto:owner-framers@omsys.com] On Behalf
Of
> DW Emory
> Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 11:26 PM
> To: Mark Barratt
> Cc: Free Framers; FrameSGML List
> Subject: Re: Office 2003 Beta

> Judge for yourself whether you think Microsoft is trying to do what it
> always does--corrupting non-microsoft standards so you have to use
> Microsoft platforms and software.

You're overlooking that Microsoft (together with IBM) is THE major force
behind almost all XML standards! So, are you suggesting they're trying to
somehow cheat themselves by not using the results of their own work and
massive investments?

Quote:
" XML support was added to Word 2003 to enable developers to build powerful
solutions with which end users can easily interact. The W3C
standards-compliant XML support is built upon Microsoft XML Core Services
(MSXML). Some of the features supported include the following:

A native XML document schema (save as XML) 
Support for customer-defined XML schemas to create structure in documents 
Rich XML Document Object Model (DOM) programmability through Microsoft
Visual BasicR for Applications (VBA) 
XML content repurposing through XML Path Language (XPath) and Extensible
Stylesheet Language Transforms (XSLT) 
XML schema (XSD) validation as a user types 
Opening, saving, and viewing XML documents through XSLT 
User-based editing restrictions and style locking according to the XML
structure"

Moritz


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