> >Not only <scriptdef>. You can do the same (storing) with > > <target name="" description=""> > > <script language=""> > > <![CDATA[ > > ]]> > > </script> > > </target> > > > > > Exactly, the patent descibes the contents of the ant "script" > manual page: > http://ant.apache.org/manual/OptionalTasks/script.html > Peter
And on [1] you can see, that´s very old. First version on that location is from Feb 2001, ANT_13_BRANCH and I think you can find older one... The version from Feb 2001 [2] contains all these infos I used in the example. Jan [1] http://cvs.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi/ant/docs/manual/OptionalTasks/script.html [2] http://cvs.apache.org/viewcvs.cgi/*checkout*/ant/docs/manual/OptionalTasks/s cript.html?content-type=text%2Fplain&rev=1.1.2.1 > >Does the ASF have a layer to check that? > > > > > >Jan > > > > > > > >>-----Original Message----- > >>From: Antoine Lévy-Lambert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 3:14 PM > >>To: Ant Developers List > >>Subject: Re: Microsoft XML scripting patent > >> > >> > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>>So, it sound not like a pattent on scripting, but on > >>>>how to store collections of scripts in one file and being > >>>>able to execute them. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>><target> as collection of scripts? > >>> > >>>Jan > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>The example provided on the web page showing MS's patent > show an xml > >>file containing a .bat file and a .vbs script, both > rewritten in some > >>xml format. > >> > >>As someone else wrote, it is a little bit like an ant script with > >>several scriptdefs in it. > >> > >>The MS patent talks about specific XML elements : > >><collection> > >> <file extension=".bat"> > >> .... commands > >> </file> > >> .... > >></collection> > >> > >>I do not know whether their patent only applies to XML > >>scripts written > >>using this particular schema ? Or does the patent claim to > >>protect *all* > >>use of XML for scripts, and particularly this particular document > >>structure ? > >> > >>Antoine > >> > >>http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HIT > >>OFF&p=1&u=/netahtml/search-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=pt > >>xt&s1=XML.ABST.&s2=Microsoft.ASNM.&OS=ABST/XML+AND+AN/Microsof > >> > >> > >t&RS=ABST/XML+AND+AN/Microsoft > > > > > >>.... > >>19. In a computer system having one or more scripts written > in one or > >>more scripting languages, a computer readable having stored > thereon a > >>data structure for encompassing the one or more scripts > into a single > >>file, the data structure comprising: > >> > >>a file element field for each of the one or more scripts, > >>wherein each > >>file element field delimits one of the one or more scripts; > >> > >>an extension attribute field included in each file element field, > >>wherein the extension attribute field identifies a > scripting language; > >> > >>a code element field included within each file element > field, wherein > >>the code element field contains script instructions in the > scripting > >>language identified in the extension attribute field; > >> > >>a name element field within each file element field, > wherein the name > >>element field contains a descriptive name; and > >> > >>a description element field within each file element field, > >>wherein the > >>description element field contains a functional description. > >> > >>wherein the data structure is configured to be parsed by a > >>parser into a > >>list for presentation to a user and that includes an > >>identifier for each > >>of the one or more scripts, the identifier comprising the > descriptive > >>name and functional description of each script. > >> > >>20. A data structure as defined in claim 19, further > >>comprising a CDATA > >>element field within the code element field, wherein the > >>CDATA element > >>field precludes data within the CDATA element field from being > >>recognized as a format of the data structure. > >> > >>21. A data structure as defined in claim 19, wherein the file > >>elements > >>for the one or more scripts are delimited by a collection element, > >>wherein the collection element is a root of the file. > >>... > >> > >> > >>------------------------------------------------------------ > --------- > >>To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
