OOXML's (Out of) Control Characters
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| In summary, we are concerned that the ST_Xstring type in OOXML opens us up to
| problems such as:
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| 1. Introducing accessibility problems
| 2. Breaking unaware C/C++ XML parsers
| 3. Breaking XML databases
| 4. Breaking interoperability with other XML languages
| 5. Breaking application logic related to string searching, sorting,
| comparisons, etc.
| 6. Introducing errors that will be hard to detect and resolve
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http://www.robweir.com/blog/2008/03/ooxmls-out-of-control-characters.html
Another intresting remark:
Patrick Durusau fails to make the case -- again
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| "… name the last time Microsoft was listening to everyone in a public and
| international forum? At a table where a standard for a future product was
| being debated by non-Microsoft groups?"
|
| I love this subtle trick which Mr Durusau managed to get ALL the Microsofties
| to openly admit that Microsoft has the bad reputation of NEVER listening to
| the public in the development of their products. I mean All of them, in their
| zeal to reprint the Durusau letter, had to include this paragraph in their
| blogs and Press Releases, and it just made them admit that they have been all
| the time customer insensitive.
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http://www.noooxml.org/forum/t-48787/patrick-durusau-fails-to-make-the-case-again
Yesterday:
Fear! That should work!
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| I thanked Mr Cheong, for bringing up this important letter from Mr Patrick
| Durusau. His case just highlights the strange situation we are in today. If
| you know the background history of Mr Durusau, you will understand why he may
| have to write a letter like this.
|
| You see, Mr Durusau is the Editor of ODF, but more importantly he is also the
| Chair of the US Technical Committee V1, which is equivalent to Malaysia's TC4
| here. What is interesting, is that because of this OOXML issue, his committee
| has been stacked. Now it's OK for them in the US to stack their committees
| because that's how their system works, so they grew from a committee of 7
| members before OOXML to 26 members after it started. Fortunately, in
| Malaysia, ISC-G prevented this from happening at TC4.
|
| [...]
|
| So in essence, V1 has been taken over by Microsofties, and Mr Durusau is in a
| tight situation. If he were to be negative towards OOXML, his stacked V1 will
| retaliate and bar the progress of his normal work: work on ODF 1.2.
|
| The best and most logical option for Mr Durusau is of course to "agree" with
| his captors 'demands, and hopefuly they would be merciful later on. So its a
| strange political play which he has to act out.
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http://www.openmalaysiablog.com/2008/03/fear-that-shoul.html
Recent:
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| From the start Patrick has remained publicly silent on the topic of
| OOXML. No blog posts, no press, nothing. If you asked, he would say
| that this was his policy. Privately, you would get an earful (all
| negative), but as befits the unbiased chair of the committee
| which is responsible for the technical recommendation for the US NB,
| he kept his personal opinions out of the public arena.
|
| This public orientation changed recently. As best I can figure it, on
| returning from a conference in Seattle in late January, Patrick was a
| changed man. Patrick is now an enthusiastic OOXML supporter and is
| eager to inform the world of his delight in OOXML at every
| opportunity. He posts his "open letters" on his web site, which are
| linked to, often within minutes, by the various Microsoft bloggers,
| and then sent around by Microsoft employees to the press and the
| various JTC1 NB's.
|
| [...]
|
| Of course, Microsoft will not be so careful to distinguish Patrick's
| personal opinions from his professional affiliations. So a post from
| Patrick's personal web site is retold on a Microsoft blog as "The ODF
| Editor says....", and then the next day is sent in an email to NB's
| with a larger set of "endorsements":...
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http://www.robweir.com/blog/2008/03/contra-durusau-part-1.html
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