[AccessD] XML changes coming, XML 4.0 to be kill bitted in Oct 2007 but just in IE

MartyConnelly martyconnelly at shaw.ca
Mon Apr 16 14:03:56 CDT 2007


Just a heads up. You may want to upgrade to XML 6.0 in the future
even just for the security fixes, never mind the new WSC XML standards
introduced.

MS are going to push out an IE specific kill-bit for MSXML4 in October 2007.

http://blogs.msdn.com/xmlteam/archive/2007/03/12/msxml4-is-going-to-be-kill-bit-ed.aspx

MSXML6 is included in Vista by default and MSXML 6.0 SP 1 is available for
download for supported downlevel platforms from
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=d21c292c-368b-4ce1-9dab-3e9827b70604&displaylang=en

MSXML 6.0 will be the means whereby support for new versions
of XPath 2.0 and XSLT 2.0 make their way into the Visual Studio and
Microsoft programming language environments, along with the brand new 
XQuery 1.0.

However one thing to check, MSXML 6.0 has removed support for XDR schemas
but not XSD schemas.

MSXML 4.0 will still be available via programming references

* MSXML 3.0 has shipped with every supported Windows OS,
so Microsoft professes to be "committed to keeping MSXML3 robust and
stable but won't be adding any functional improvements."

* MSXML 4.0 will be killed off some time between October and December of 
2007,
via a "kill bit" that applies only to Internet Explorer. The upshot of 
this change is that
applications will no longer be able to create MSXML4 objects in that 
browser.
Applications based on programming languages, such as C++, are not aware 
of this kill bit
and will continue to work with MSXML4. For a list of changes introduced 
from MSXML4 and
MSXML6, plus migration topics, see the blog entry entitled "Upgrading to 
MSXML 6.0."

MS are going to push out an IE specific kill-bit for MSXML4 in October. 
More information here:

http://blogs.msdn.com/xmlteam/archive/2007/03/12/msxml4-is-going-to-be-kill-bit-ed.aspx

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms753751.aspx
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms764692.aspx


MS Notes.

MSXML6 - Should be your first choice. This is the MSXML
version that will be carried forward. MSXML6 shipped with Vista and we 
are working
on getting this in downlevel OS Service Packs

MSXML3 – This has the advantage of having shipped with every supported OS .
We are committed to keeping MSXML3 robust and stable but
won’t be adding any functional improvements.

MSXML4 - This is in maintenance mode with a very high bar for fixes 
approaching End of Life.

MSXML 5 – Exclusively meant for Office. Do not take any dependencies on it.


-- 
Marty Connelly
Victoria, B.C.
Canada




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