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M$ bekommt US-A-5,860,073

http://www.intern.de/99/08/02.shtml


Offene Standards in Gefahr

Microsoft wurde Anfang dieses Monats ein US-Patent zugesprochen, das noch für Aufregung sorgen dürfte. Denn die unter der US-Patentnummer 5,860,073 registrierten Techniken berühren wesentliche Teile der Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) sowie der eXtensible Style Language (XSL). Zweier Techniken also, die bisher als offene Standards des Internet galten.

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Siehe auch

http://www.patents.ibm.com/patlist?icnt=US&patent_number=5860073&x=29&y=6;


We claim: 1. A method of styling document content, comprising the steps of:

creating a title including page layouts representing the appearance of pages of the title; creating a first style sheet container storing a first plurality of styles; creating a second style sheet container storing a second plurality of styles; creating at least one content container for storing document content; providing a first control on a first one of the page layouts for delineating a first page layout area where content is to be rendered; providing a second control on a second one of the page layouts for delineating a second page layout area where content is to be rendered; linking the content container with the first and second controls; linking the first control to the first style sheet container; linking the second control to the second style sheet container; rendering content in the first page layout area according to at least one of the first plurality of styles; and rendering content in the second page area according to at least one of the second plurality of styles.

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Weitere Patentansprueche unter:

http://www.patents.ibm.com/details?pn=US05860073__&s_clms=1#clms

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