XML 1.1 Spec Hits Some Snags

oever writes "News.com reports that the new XML 1.1 specification defines a new newline character, making it incompatible with the 1.0 specifiation. Apparently, IBM has been pushing the new character to avoid having to modify their software, thereby invalidating everybody else's XML software."

What? No newline?

[Distinguished Hero]

That explains why my website was one long paragraph.

End of Line

[notestein]

If we don't allow the IBM EOL in XML 1.1 ...
How will we ever communicate with Master Control Program?

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XML rant.

[Anonymous Coward]

<rant about="IBM" why="'FOR BREAKING COMPATIBILLITY">IBM SUCKS</rant>

New Line Character Vote

[Anonymous Coward]

IBM will make the new newline character a '$'

(Just kidding)

Re:XML rant.

[russellh]

parse error, line 1: no trailing '

News??

[ceeam]

In other news - Julius Caesar stabbed and died.
Anyway - for how long 1.1 draft has been out?

Re:Here's A Good Point

[Fnkmaster]

[/me raises hand]
Ummm, sir, could you explain to me exactly what a "strategic business strategy" is?

W3C still meeting over IBM resolutions

[spoonyfork]

World Wide Web Consortium still meeting over IBM resolutions

Posted: Sat, 19 Oct 2002 0:18 AEST

The five permanent members of the World Wide Web Consortium are meeting overnight in an attempt to agree on a resolution on IBM. W3C diplomats say there are signs HP and Sun are now moving towards a compromise, after weeks of wrangling over the XML issue.

HP wants clear instructions given to Microsoft that it return to the World Wide Web Consortium before taking legal action, while the Microsoft wants more leeway for itself and its allies. Meanwhile, the HP CEO, Carly Fiorina, has given another strong warning against the use of force against IBM.

Speaking at the opening of a summit of XML using companies in the Silicon Valley, Mrs Fiorina said legal force must only be used as a last resort. She called for all conflicts to be resolved in ways respecting international law, as this was the only guarantee against what she described as "adventurist" policies.

New Line and Characters

[JasonSkywalker]

Let us not forget that it was New Line that callously yanked Tolkien's loveable Tom Bombadil! It was New Line that turned Arwen into a heroic Nazgul-racing babe-elf! It was New Line that left out poor Glorfindel and his big moment at the river altogether!

I don't know about anyone else, but I think it's only fitting that a New Line character be messed with.

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Re:It's only a candidate specification.

[Anonymous Coward]

Main Screen Turn-On.

We get signal.

Someone set us up a special character.

It's you [ibm.com].

Good evening gentlemen

W3C are belong to us.

You are on a path to destruction [microsoft.com]

In other news...

[T.E.D.]

EBCDIC [ic.ac.uk] has won yet another chess game against the Grim Reaper.

Re:Read the Unicode spec....

[khuber]

Yes, it's true. Unicode omits French. They couldn't find anything worthwhile to read in French so they just dropped it.

-Kevin

Re:What about poor old Acorn users?

[ErroneousBee]

And what about old telex machine users that used x0A0A0D (CRCRLF) in case the carrige got stuck?

You may think this is funny. but there is still some software out there that assumes a mechanical teletype at the far end, sending weather bulletins to Africa, football scores to the Beeb, etc.

Re:Sad news ... Stephen King dead at 55

[Stephen King]

No, I'm not.

ever wondered what alt-gr is for?

[DrSkwid]

damn that lameness filter

Reason: Your comment looks too much like ascii art.

ever wondered what alt-gr is for?

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Re:How many lines?

[p3d0]

I wish someone would invent an HTML tag for ordered lists that would number the items automatically. ;-)

XML, XML... LISP!

[panserg]

Compare the elegance of LISP brackets to overbloated XML tags. Compare the ability to share same syntax with code and data in LISP with oversimplified XML tags. Make a conclusion.