| US 7,613,997 B2 | ||
| Grouping and nesting hierarchical namespaces | ||
| Christopher G. Kaler, Sammamish, Wash. (US); Allen L. Brown, Bellevue, Wash. (US); Robert G. Atkinson, Woodinville, Wash. (US); and Steven E. Lucco, Bellevue, Wash. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, Wash. (US) | ||
| Filed on Oct. 27, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/260,656. | ||
| Application 11/260656 is a continuation of application No. 11/227785, filed on Sep. 15, 2005. | ||
| Application 11/227785 is a continuation of application No. 10/264233, filed on Oct. 03, 2002, granted, now 6,993,714. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0080600 A1, Apr. 13, 2006 | ||
| This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 17/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 715—234 [715/237] | 19 Claims |
| 1. A computing system that has access to a hierarchically-structured document having a plurality of elements that may each
be associated with one or more namespaces, the computing system comprising:
one or more computer-readable storage media having computer-executable instruction for implementing a method for establishing
a plurality of abbreviated namespace identifiers for a hierarchically-structured document, wherein the method comprises:
an act of associating each of a plurality of associated abbreviated namespace identifiers with a hierarchical namespace;
an act of accessing a hierarchically-structured document;
an act of determining that at least one group identifier is associated with the hierarchically-structured document, the group
identifier representing that when any of the abbreviated namespace identifiers are found associated with an element in the
hierarchically-structured document, that the associated namespace is also associated with that element; and
at least one of:
an act of associating each of the plurality of associated abbreviated namespace identifiers with the hierarchical namespace
before the act of accessing the hierarchically-structured document, and
an act of reading a pre-processor directive that indicates that the at least one group identifier is associated with the hierarchically-structured
document.
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