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At 01:26 PM 5/31/00 -0600, Arnold, Curt wrote: >The Forbes article mentions that the 20-year term on a patent is not an option since all the patent treaties are based on 20-year patents. > >The key thing is to prevent nuisance patents from getting approved and contesting those that do. There was a nice point that Web patents now have to be reviewed by a senior patent official. However, >the key thing we can do on xml-dev to prevent nuisance patents getting approved is to make the archives readily accessible (by topics, technologies, etc) and known to the Patent Office Examiners that >cover Web technologies. The archives looked pretty unusable last time I checked. I posted quite recently about the archives from 1997-02 to 2000-01 and - unless there is something Henry and I have omitted - they ought to be in excellent shape. We have collected them on CDROM[1], added a complete index, so that anyone can search for a keyword. [Of course it is more difficult to search for concepts, especially when the titles are not well chosen.] It is our intention to address the current archives, and we shall need the help of OASIS and possibly anyone else who has kept a complete record of the traffic during the period 2000-02-*. Since the system was not physically under our control, we cannot guarantee integrity. I think it critical that a core of list members are - in principle - prepared to recover a valid archive if required. > >I'm sure that they have fairly strict guidelines on what they can disclose during their searches, however if the following message had appeared on xml-dev, I'm sure that he would have gotten >responses: > >From someone@y...: >Hi, I'm new to all this, but does anyone know of an XML editor that uses a DTD or schema to help you construct documents? Many people reply to the poster rather than to the list, especially when the question is "obvious". I do think that this is a very important area where XML-DEV can play an important role. We need a mechanism for posting "potentially useful art" without flooding the list with half-baked ideas. We also need a robust depository where enough explanatory material and demonstrators can be deposited - including screenshots and logfiles. We will also need to be tolerant of new ideas :-) P. > [1] The CDROM is available to anyone on VirtualXML - http://www.cmlconsulting.com/ > Peter Murray-Rust. (CML, VHG and XML-DEV) CMLC and VirtualXML ConCourse: http://www.cmlconsulting.com/ CML http://www.xml-cml.org/ Virtual HyperGlossary http://www.vhg.org.uk/ *************************************************************************** This is xml-dev, the mailing list for XML developers. To unsubscribe, mailto:majordomo@x...&BODY=unsubscribe%20xml-dev List archives are available at http://xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ ***************************************************************************
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