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Just because something is XML doesn't mean it is "well-defined".
by BlackFingolfin 8y ago
Just because something is XML doesn't mean it is "well-defined".
- tonyedgecombe 8y agoNo, but XML parsing is a solved problem, PDF parsing isn't.
- tinus_hn 8y agoThe original criticism was that some parts are just binary blobs encoded in XML elements, which wouldn’t suprise me at all, with Microsoft being allowed to tick the ‘XML file format’ checkbox and still getting to keep the binary format advantages.