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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2003
Applicants:
Brian Jones, Redmond, WA (US);
Edgar Mark Sunderland, Seattle, WA (US);
Robert Little, Redmond, WA (US);
Martin Sawicki, Kirkland, WA (US);
Inventors:
Brian Jones, Redmond, WA (US);
Edgar Mark Sunderland, Seattle, WA (US);
Robert Little, Redmond, WA (US);
Martin Sawicki, Kirkland, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention is directed towards providing mixed content flexibility for word-processing document in an XML (or ML) file format. Mixed content can be provided within an XML file such that validation of the file will not produce errors even when an associated schema does not recognize the text. Additionally, the XML (or ML) file can be output such that the mixed content does not appear in the output file.