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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2008
Filed:
May. 27, 2005
David Floyd Aronson, Woodinville, WA (US);
Paul L. Bleisch, Sammamish, WA (US);
Daniel Paul Horowitz, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Jonathan Thomas Steed, Redmond, WA (US);
David Floyd Aronson, Woodinville, WA (US);
Paul L. Bleisch, Sammamish, WA (US);
Daniel Paul Horowitz, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Jonathan Thomas Steed, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A standard graphics specification for use by both developers of graphics files as well as of applications developed to execute in a runtime environment is disclosed. The graphics files are developed to conform to the graphics specification and therefore will be executable by applications in any runtime environment that likewise conform to the graphics specification. The specification includes program syntax standards and standards for metadata in the form of semantics and annotations that further describe the code. The specification additionally includes standards to which applications may conform to ensure that the applications will be capable of executing any graphics files that conform to the graphics specification.