Re: efficient filtering of XML files.

[David Carlisle <davidc at nag dot co dot uk>]

> you'll see that it's well-formed,

well formed????????

<xml>
XML names may not start with xml 

<![endif]

this is just a parse error, I can guess what it means because I can
read `endif' as English. I can't guess what it is doing in a file that
looks vaguely like it was intended to be XML.

<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
this is (presumably relevant) data inside a comment which is legal
but strange.

> At the risk of sounding like a Microsoft apologist, it was done rather
> well

It's the fact that Microsoft systems produce this kind of rubbish that
makes many people suspicious of Microsoft's actions and intentions in
the XML (and other) areas.

David


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