Tag Archives: XML

Stop Your Java SAX Parser from Downloading DTDs

Posted on May 8, 2008 by Stuart

Back in February, in a slightly plaintive post, the W3 sysadmins asked that people stop hammering their servers with requests for XHTML DTDs. Everyone said yes, this is a stupid problem that wouldn’t have happened if a) the XML spec … Continue reading →

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ODF vs. OOXML in New York State

Posted on December 28, 2007 by Stuart

New York State’s Office for Technology released a Request for Public Comment on selecting an XML-based office data format. The choices are OASIS’ ODF and Microsoft’s OOXML. Responses were due by 5 p.m. today, Dec. 28. My response is below, … Continue reading →

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Where Does the XML Go?

Posted on June 7, 2007 by Stuart

Here’s a question that’s been bugging me for a while: what’s the best way to store information that is a mixture of highly- and loosely-structured data? For example, a collection of documents like Project Posner. Certain attributes of each document … Continue reading →

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