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Jets Release 11, Place Devin Smith on PUP List
Eric Allen
The Jets reduced their roster to 78 today, releasing 11 players and placing WR Devin Smith on the Reserve/Physically Unable to Perform (PUP) List. All NFL teams must reduce their roster to a maximum of 75 by 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, August 30.
The complete list of today's player moves:
OL Jesse Davis, C Kyle Friend, G Jarvis HarrisonThe 6'6", 309-pound Davis signed with the Jets in January after the Idaho product participated in the Seahawks training camp last summer. Friend, an undrafted free agent from Temple, appeared in 43 games for the Owls and made 41 starts. A fifth-round pick of the Jets in 2015, Harrison was waived last November and later re-joined the team as a member of the practice squad.
OLB Deion Barnes, DT Shelby Harris, DE Helva MatunguluBarnes, who had two tackles in preseason action, came to the Jets in 2015 as an undrafted free agent from Penn State and was signed to the team's practice squad last September. The 6'2", 290-pound Harris signed in June after playing in eight games the past two seasons with the Raiders while recording 14 tackles and his first pro sack. Matungulu, an undrafted free agent from Western Carolina, collected 53 tackles, three sacks and seven TFL from 2013-15.
75-Man Roster in Photos
The Jets Close Out the Preseason on Sept. 1
RBs Lache Seastrunk and Terry Williams, WR Kyle Williams, TE Jason Vander LaanA sixth-round selection (No. 186 overall) by Washington in the 2014 draft, Seastrunk signed with the Jets earlier this month. Terry Williams, a rookie who scored 14 total touchdowns at Kutztown his senior season, had two carries in preseason action. Kyle Williams, a 5'10", 186-pounder in his sixth professional season, was a tryout player during the team's minicamp and originally signed in June. Vander Laan, who became the first player in NCAA history to pass and run for 1,000 yards in four consecutive seasons while leading Ferris State to a 37-9 record, was making the pro transition to tight end.
K Ross MartinOne of three players in ACC history with 400-plus points, Martin connected on four of his six field goal attempts in the preseason including a 55-yarder Saturday night vs. the Giants.
WR Devin Smith (PUP List)A second-round pick of the Jets in the 2015 NFL draft, Smith appeared in 10 games last season while catching nine balls for 115 yards with 1 TD. He tore the ACL in his right knee last December and was placed on the Physically Unable to Perform/Active list to start training camp. Smith is excluded from practicing or playing with the Jets for the first six weeks of the season. After that six-week period, the club has a three-week window to activate Smith to the 53-man roster.


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Oscar race up in air as 'Gravity,' 'Hustle,' '12 Years' log wins
"12 Years a Slave," starring Michael Fassbender, left, as Edwin Epps and Chiwetel Ejiofor as Solomon Northup, could parlay its serious subject matter into a win for best picture.
(Francois Duhamel / Fox Searchlight)
By Glenn Whipp
When Oscar nominations were announced last week, "Gravity" and "American Hustle" led the field, each winning 10. "12 Years a Slave" was right behind them with nine nominations. Then "Hustle" won the Screen Actors Guild Award for ensemble last Saturday, making it the favorite to win best picture — a distinction that lasted all of 24 hours until the Producers Guild of America gave "Gravity" and "12 Years a Slave" top honors in an unprecedented tie Sunday night. (We're still trying to fathom the odds on the exact same number of voters — in a group numbering nearly 6,000 — placing "12 Years" above "Gravity" and "Gravity" above "12 Years." Let's just say it's about as likely as the 49ers' Michael Crabtree hosting a celebratory dinner for the Seahawks' Richard Sherman.)
The guilds' wealth-spreading means that this year's best picture Oscar race is the closest since the academy expanded the category in 2009. Three films have a legitimate shot at winning, and even the results of this Saturday's Directors Guild of America contest won't really tip the scales for the winner. It's that tight.
You can make a case why each movie won't win. "Gravity" didn't receive a screenplay nomination, and only two films in the last 50 years, "The Sound of Music" and "Titanic," have won best picture without a writing nod. "12 Years a Slave," meanwhile, is favored in only two (adapted screenplay, supporting actress) of its nine races. Can a best picture winner take only three Oscars? Why, yes. It happened just last year with "Argo." "Crash" and "Rocky" also won best picture and just two other categories. "The Greatest Show on Earth" won best picture and only one other Oscar. Still, this kind of thing is the exception to the rule.
PHOTOS: Oscars 2014 top nominees
As for "American Hustle," it, like "12 Years," isn't a heavy favorite in many of its races. Even after winning SAG's ensemble award, none of its four nominated actors — Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Jennifer Lawrence, Bradley Cooper — are the front-runners in their respective categories. Like "12 Years," it would likely be a best picture winner with an unusually low overall total.
So that's why the leading best picture contenders might not win. Now it's up to their studios and award consultants to make a case to voters as to why their movie should win. They have time. Balloting doesn't begin until Feb. 14 (with the ceremony set for March 2). You'd think by now most academy members would have their minds set. But in a year this close and with so many great movies on the ballot, many undoubtedly will remain open to a persuasive argument.
Here's an early snapshot of four key races:
The nominees:
"Captain Phillips"
And the winner is: "12 Years a Slave." While it isn't nearly as polarizing as "Wolf," many academy members feel the film's lengthy scenes of plantation brutality are heavy-handed and, as a result, will be placing the movie low on their ballots. In a preferential system, that could spell doom. But I remain inclined to believe that after a few years of rewarding entertaining movies — "Argo," "The Artist," "The King's Speech" — voters will go for a film with a little more heft and substance.
Unless: The preferential ballot makes it too difficult for an artistically uncompromising movie to win. Then it's "Gravity" or perhaps "Hustle."
INTERACTIVE: Best and worst Oscar moments since 2008
Alfonso Cuarón, "Gravity"
Steve McQueen, "12 Years a Slave"
Alexander Payne, "Nebraska"
And the winner is: Cuarón. Directing a huge commercial hit that also advanced the medium, this popular industry favorite has the edge. With choices all over the map, it feels like one of those years that picture and director will be split.
Unless: The academy goes with McQueen, making him the first black director to win this Oscar.
Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell, "American Hustle"
Woody Allen, "Blue Jasmine"
Craig Borten and Melisa Wallack, "Dallas Buyers Club"
Spike Jonze, "Her"
Bob Nelson, "Nebraska"
And the winner is: Jonze for "Her." It's tempting to go with "American Hustle" here, thinking this could be the category that voters give it something. But the screenplay is actually the movie's weakness. "Her," meanwhile, is a beautifully imagined, beguiling love story that feels relevant to the way we connect (or don't) as humans today. Its five Oscar nominations, including best picture, indicate a broad level of support, and this would be the most obvious place to salute it.
Unless: "Hustle" prevails, giving Russell his first Oscar.
FULL COVERAGE: Oscars 2014
Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke, "Before Midnight"
Billy Ray, "Captain Phillips"
Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope, "Philomena"
John Ridley, "12 Years a Slave"
Terence Winter, "The Wolf of Wall Street"
And the winner is: Ridley. For the same reasons "12 Years" might win best picture. Only here, more people will be inclined to go along with the argument.
Unless: "Before Midnight" resonates with academy members as much as it has with critics groups, who have heaped numerous prizes on the third film in this remarkable, ongoing love story.
glenn.whipp@latimes.com

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More Marilyn Kallet Poetry
About the Poet, Marilyn Kallet:
Marilyn Kallet is the author of 16 books, including The Love That Moves Me, poetry from Black Widow Press, 2013, in which I Want You was first published. Saying Goodbye was published in 2009 in Packing Light: New and Selected Poems, also from Black Widow Press. She is the author of Circe, After Hours, poetry from BkMk Press; The Big Game, translation of Surrealist poet Benjamin Peret, 2011, and Last Love Poems of Paul Eluard, both from Black Widow Press.
Kallet directs the creative writing program at the University of Tennessee, where she is also Professor of English.
She teaches poetry workshops in Auvillar, France, for the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts.
Link: http://www.marilynkallet.com
About the Artist, Ria Nieswaag:
Ria Nieswaag (born 1950) lives and works in Delft, The Netherlands.
From 1984-1988 she was trained as Creative Therapist in Zeist. She combined her activities as creative therapist and artist until 1994 when she definitely chose for the career of an artist. This decision resulted in an assignment by Rijkswaterstaat (1998), the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water, on the occasion of its 200th birthday. Queen Beatrix was present at the opening of the exhibition. A book consisting of the paintings Ria made for the Ministry was published: '17 schilderijen, Nederland als kunstwerk' (17 paintings, the Netherlands as a piece of art).
From 1995 onwards Ria has been exhibiting in distinguished galleries in the Netherlands as well as abroad (o.a. Argentina, Brazil, MASC for the organisation 'Paint a Future').
In 2006 a small book of Ria's paintings was published: Ria Nieswaag, Paintings 2005-2006 (a choice); ISBN:13 978-90-810765-1-7
From December 2008 to February 2009 an overview exhibition of Ria's work was held in Museum 'Het Prinsenhof' , the municipal museum of Delft. On this occasion the book 'Spiegels van de ziel' (Mirrors of the soul) was published. This book contains an overview of paintings by Ria Nieswaag from 1994-2008; ISBN: 978-90-74063-38-8
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Q: How to get SqLite to play nicely with unit tests in Visual Studio 2013? In a VS2013 .Net4.5.1 x86 solution I have unit tests that instantiate a SQLite connection. Previously (in VS2008) this was accomplished simply by a reference to the System.Data.SQLite dll (1.0.60.0). However this doesn't work in the .Net4.5.1 world.
So, in VS2013 I have used Nuget to install the latest SQLite package into the test project. Now, I can see the packages folder has been installed into the solution root folder, and the test project has a new reference to
System.Data.SQLite ((...\packages\System.Data.SQLite.Core.1.0.98.1\lib\System.SQLite\dll))
However, when I run the tests they fail with the message

"Unable to load SQLite.Interop.dll. The speficied module cannot be found".

I can see that SQLite.Interop.dll  isn't present in the test execution folder (TestResults...\Out) which explains the error message, so I've tried adding that file from the ...\packages\System.Data.SQLite.Core.1.0.98.1\build\net451\x86 folder to the test project and making it 'Copy Always', but that doesn't work. it is still missing from the test execution folder.
I also note that installing SQLite into the GAC (which in principle at least might cure the problem) isn't recommended.
Can anyone advise what needs to be done?
TIA

A: This might be happen because of Platform dependency.
You should attach dll file for SQLite in references.
Then after you should attach library for different platforms x86 and x64 both in visual studio.
After that there will be two SQLite.Interop.dll file will be create by library for both platforms.

A: I had the same issue with Visual Studio 2017. The issue is related to the way SQLite resolves the interop dependency based on the platform you're targetting. More information can be found in: https://system.data.sqlite.org/index.html/doc/trunk/www/downloads.wiki
In order to solve this issue, you need to force the build process to deploy the interop files to the folder where the executable files are. The folder structure must remain the same ".\x86" and ".\x64".
Assuming that you have a folder with your external dependencies in the solution root folder, just place the sqlite interop files there, so you can copy them during the post build event:
-- src/
  -- /External
     -- /sqlite
        -- /x86
        -- /x64

You can include this in your post build action, in the test project:
xcopy /Y /S $(SolutionDir)\External\sqlite\* $(TargetDir)

This will place the folder structure to the output folder of the test project.
Please, let us know if this solves your issue. If it doesn't, I can try to explain it better.
UPDATED
You can improve the post-build script by using a conditional copy:
if not exist "$(SolutionDir)\External" (
    xcopy /Y /S $(SolutionDir)\External\sqlite\* $(TargetDir)
)

This it won't run if the x86 and x64 folders were already copied.

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Q: Phrase querying python say we had a phrase such as "natural sciences" and we had file which stored something like this. 'natural'['0','1'['222']] <- this meaning natural is in document 0, once at position 222.
How would I create a query that checked whether sciences came immediately after?
so for example 'sciences'['0','1'['223']] <-
Can't quite get my head round the algorithm
so this is the format '61': ['0:4[106, 223, 339, 775]', '1:3[103, 220, 336]'] so 61 refers to a word in another table, 0 is the document its from, 4 is the amount of times it appears in that document, it then repeats so it is in document 1 3 times

A: Your data is an index of word occurrences. The natural thing to do is to load this index in a form that you can use easily: As a dictionary of words, where each word is associated with an index of its occurrences. For the kind of query you describe I'd keep it simple: The index for each word is a set of tuples in the form (fileid, position). E.g., your example becomes ("0", 106), ("0", 223), .... This is ideal for your multi-word query, but is less efficient for answering the question "does word W occur in file X".
This is your sample data:
'61': ['0:4[106, 223, 339, 775]', '1:3[103, 220, 336]']

*

*The master index can be a dictionary, but for convenience I'll make it a defaultdict(set):
from collections import defaultdict
master_index = defaultdict(set)

*Read in the table that shows you what word is meant by 61, and use it to convert these indices to words as soon as you read a record. E.g.,
word = mainwords[61]

*Read each record of word occurrences, and build the index for this word:
master_index[word].add(("0", n) for n in [106, 223, 339, 775])
master_index[word].add(("1", n) for n in [103, 220, 336])

I'll leave it to you to do the parsing and type conversions. Note that you can discard the number of occurrences per file.
Once you have your index, your query is pretty simple:
positionsafter = set((fid, n+1) for fid, n in master_index["natural"])
hits = master_index["selection"] & positionsafter
for fileid, pos in sorted(hits):
    print(fileid, pos-1, pos)

We made a set of all positions that follow an occurrence of "natural", and used set intersection & to find which of them, if any, are among the positions of "selection".


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Hope for Toxicity Victims around the Navy's Vieques Island Bio Weapons Site?
Eric Gang, ESQ
Fighting for veterans' rights is seldom easy. Sometimes, the fight can take many years, and nothing compares to that moment when an honorable serviceman or woman receives the benefits they are rightfully entitled to. The system is far from perfect, and for my client, Hermogenes Marrero, that turned out to be tragic.
Marine Sergeant's Vieques Exposure: Agent Orange, Uranium, Carcinogens
As a young Marine Sergeant, Marrero was stationed at the Navy's Camp Garcia in Vieques, Puerto Rico, which was closed in 2003, after a horrifying history spanning over half a century. From the use of the infamous Agent Orange and uranium to dangerous chemical weapon drills, the marines who served at Vieques, were exposed to some of the most hazardous materials imaginable, including the carcinogenic trioctyl phosphate, among other deadly substances.
When my client was appointed to his post in Vieques, he was not informed about the level of danger he would be exposed to. But he would soon learn about the consequences of the exposure, as he went on to develop a ghastly series of serious medical conditions following his service and, as we have now proved, as a consequence of the nature of his work at Vieques.
Veteran Marrero: Near Blind, Cancer, Heart Disease – VA Said Not Our Problem
Nearing 65, Marrero is almost blind, he needs a wheelchair and an oxygen tank, suffers from Lou Gehrig's disease, and has a host of other maladies from cancer to heart disease.
Between 1970 and 1972, when his job consisted of assisting officers during the testing of hazardous airborne chemicals on animals, he would often ask the camp's chemical experts whether what he was doing was safe. "It's safe, you'll be O.K., kid," they used to tell him. But in the end, it was far from safe, and he is now far from OK as a result.
According to Dr. John Wargo, an expert on the effects of toxic exposures on humans, Vieques "is probably one of the most highly contaminated sites in the world." Wargo has also explained that this is a result of "the longevity of the chemical release, the bombs, the artillery shells, chemical weapons, biological weapons, fuels, diesel fuels, jet fuels, flame retardants," which have been released on the island.
Veterans Lawyer Eric Gang "Massive Victory for Veterans Community"
In spite of the abundance of evidence regarding Marrero's ordeal, the VA spent over a decade refusing his disability claims. He was the star witness in a large-scale lawsuit by some 7,000 inhabitants of Vieques island, who claimed they had been getting sick as a result of what was going at Camp Garcia.
This year, my client's claim was finally approved. This doesn't have much of the flavor of victory for Hermogenes Marrero, a sick and aging man whose life has been ruined by his service to our country. But it is a massive victory for the community of veterans as a whole, and for the people of Vieques. This determination of service connection represents vindication, and every individual whose rights have been violated will now know that there is hope of being heard and compensated.
Both Mr. Marrero and I are dedicated to helping those affected. As he dedicates the rest of his life to help those who have suffered as a result of Vieques' toxicity, I am personally determined to assist everyone I can, in receiving the benefits the military should have granted them decades ago.
It is shameful that the VA has worked so hard at trying to deny that Vieques was one of the most covertly dangerous spots on US soil. But with every individual that comes forward, more light will shine on this dark chapter of our military history.
Eric Gang is an award-winning lawyer with a national law practice focused on Veterans Disability Appeals on behalf of U.S. veterans wrongfully denied medical and disability benefits. Coming from a lineage of WWII and Vietnam veterans, he has litigated some 1,000 appeals at the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, recovering millions of dollars on behalf of disabled veterans. Attorney Gang is frequently in the news with commentary on issues affecting veterans. His victories for veterans are often featured in mainstream news, including the Miami Herald, Dallas Morning News, Sacramento Bee, and others, as well as in many military publications.
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In Alabama, there is a possibility that those who served at Fort McClellan may have been exposed to toxic chemicals and radioactive materials. During World War I, the Alabama military station of Fort McClellan served as a training ground for American troops. As time went on, the installation...


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Untitled (Black and Gray) 1969
© 1998 Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Reproduction, including downloading of ARS member works is prohibited by copyright laws and international conventions without the express written permission of Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
Rothko once said: "I paint large pictures because I want to create a state of intimacy. A large picture is an immediate transaction; it takes you into it."
Untitled (Black and Gray) belongs to the final series of paintings Rothko created before committing suicide in 1970. Painted in the wake of an acute illness, the work has a somber palette and stark composition that have long been attributed to the artist's depressed mental state. Here the fields of color, or non-color, are stretched nearly to the edges of the canvas, and appear to flatten and recede.
b. 1903, Dvinsk, Latvia
d. 1970, New York City, NY
Untitled (Black and Gray)
Verso: Mark Rothko 1969 76 x 93 5219.69
Gift of Harry W. and Mary Margaret Anderson, and Mary Patricia Anderson Pence.
Decade:1961-1970
Medium:acrylic
Movement:New York School
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Data mining leak reveals when Gunfight is coming to Modern Warfare 2
Gunfight could be coming sooner rather than later
Provided by Activision Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 screenshot.
by Joey Carr
Gunfight was one of the most popular game modes in Call of Duty from 2019-2021, but it has yet to make an appearance in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. This has been a strange turn of events for fans, as Modern Warfare 2019, the sequel to MW2, was the game that introduced Gunfight. While the mode has yet to be added to the sequel, there are currently leaks that indicate when it could arrive.
Although it has yet to be added in MW2, Activision has previously confirmed that Gunfight will be arriving sometime during the game's life cycle. The developers said this before MW2 was released, but did not offer any kind of expected release date. Leakers guessed that Season 1 or 2 would be the time when fans could expect Gunfight, and as Season 1 is all but past, Season 2 seems the likeliest launch window.
Recent data-mined leaks have backed that theory up, as images of Gunfight's game mode icon have appeared in the in-game files.
Gunfight could come to Modern Warfare 2 soon
At the time of writing, the images posted by data minor @BKTOOR have been taken down by Activision. This usually means the images were real and Activision doesn't want fans to see them yet.
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Since the image of Gunfight's icon was found in the game files, this likely means its release date is soon. Season 2 is set to arrive on Feb. 1, although it could be delayed based on recent leaks. The most likely entry point for Gunfight in MW2 is either at the start of Season 2 or sometime during the season, like with the Season 2 Reloaded update.
Whenever Gunfight does come to MW2, fans can expect it to work very similarly to how it did in Modern Warfare 2019. The mode will have its own maps and ruleset, giving fans another mode to play alongside the core modes currently available in MW2.
Joey Carr
Joey Carr is a full-time writer for multiple esports and gaming websites. He has 6+ years of experience covering esports and traditional sporting events, including DreamHack Atlanta, Call of Duty Championships 2017, and Super Bowl 53.


Kernel density estimation is probably the most widely used non parametric statistical method for estimating probability densities. In this paper, we investigate the performance of kernel density estimator based on stratified simple and ranked set sampling. Some asymptotic properties of kernel estimator are established under both sampling schemes. Simulation studies are designed to examine the performance of the proposed estimators under varying distributional assumptions. These findings are also illustrated with the help of a dataset on bilirubin levels in babies in a neonatal intensive care unit.
"On kernel density estimation based on different stratified sampling with optimal allocation," was recently published in Communications in Statistics – Theory and Methods.
Dr. Hani Samawi, Professor of Biostatistics at the Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health Georgia Southern University (JPHCOPH) was the lead author, Drs. Jingjing Yin and Haresch Rochani, Assistant Professors of Biostatistics were two of the co-authors.


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McDonald's Worker Contaminates Cop's Food, Judge Removes Her Smile
Posted on November 9, 2022 at November 8, 2022 by Rebecca Diserio
A video shows a McDonald's worker tampering with a burger that was consumed by an unsuspecting police officer. Witnesses claimed she shouted "black lives matter" and "f*ck the pigs." The employee thought she'd get away with a slap on the wrist, but the judge wiped the smile off her face.
Tatyana Hargrove in 2017 at a "Justice for Tatyana" protest (Credit: YouTube)
Tatyana Hargrove first made headlines in 2017 after she was mistaken by Bakersfield police officers as a wanted suspect. Unfortunately, Hargrove assaulted two police officers while resisting arrest and was bitten by a police canine. The DA declined to bring charges against her. However, the Bakersfield NAACP sued the Bakersfield Police Department (BPD) on behalf of Hargrove claiming "civil rights violations." The jury sided with the BPD.
Hargrove, who was employed by McDonald's, was back in the news again after CCTV footage showed her rubbing hamburger buns on the floor and spitting on a hamburger patty, which was consumed by a Bakersfield police officer. Prosecutor Gina Pearl said another McDonald's employee reported hearing Hargrove draw saliva into her mouth as she prepared the cop's order, according to KGET.
Tatyana Hargrove spitting on hamburger patty (left), Hargrove crouching down wiping a bun on the floor (right) (Credit: YouTube)
According to court documents and witness testimony, Hargrove tampered with the officer's food while shouting "black lives matter and "f*ck the pigs." Deputy Carly Snow, who investigated the incident, testified that Hargrove said she yelled those words because she knew the burger was going to be served to a police officer. The officer was in a black and white patrol car and in full uniform in the drive-thru lane, the report adds.
The McDonald's manager, Herman Trevino, reported the incident to the police. When deputies interviewed Trevino about the incident, he claimed that he told Hargrove not to do it. "She dropped the buns and I thought she was just being funny… so I told her, I was like 'don't give him those buns,'" Trevino told a Kerns County deputy. Trevino also heard Hargrove shout "black lives matter" and f*ck the pigs."
According to KABC, Kerns County deputies went to Hargrove's home and placed her under arrest. When questioned about the incident, Hargrove said she was in a rush, dropped a burger, and still used it. She denied spitting on the burger. "When you're in the back cooking and you're in a rush, like sometimes you'll be like, 'Oh ok, it's a five-second rule', which is very inconsiderate, don't get me wrong. But, unfortunately, I chose to make the decision which is very odd," Hargrove told the deputy.
At the preliminary hearing, things didn't go well for the accused. Deputy Public Defender Lexi Blythe, Hargrove's attorney, argued there wasn't enough evidence for the felony filed against her client. Not only did Judge Larrie R. Brainard believe there was enough evidence for felony charges, but he also felt Hargrove should spend time in jail.
Black Panther party representatives led a "Justice for Tatyana" protest against the Bakersfield Police Department (Credit: YouTube)
With the writing on the wall, Hargrove's public defender convinced the former McDonald's employee to take a plea deal and admit to the "willful mingling of poison or a harmful substance with food." According to KGET, "Under the terms of the plea deal, Tatyana Hargrove agreed to serve 45 days in jail, perform 100 hours of community service and receive mental health counseling. She entered the plea before Judge Charles R. Brehmer."
Prosecutor Gina Pearl said Tatyana Hargrove has the chance to complete probation and turn her life around after serving her jail time, and she hopes she makes the most of the opportunity. "It is absolutely unacceptable to target police officers in our community," Pearl said. "Today, the defendant took responsibility for her disgusting and dangerous actions."


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text: Q: How do i link third party libraries in a makefile on ubuntu (g++) I am trying to link the cpptest library for unittesting to my project and have no idea how to link third party libraries in my Makefile. Coud you give me a sample code or a good tutorial? i haven't found any good ones


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Dzib Cicero, Raquel
Raquel Dzib Cicero
Dzib Cicero, Raquel Gender: F
Birthname Raquel Encarnacion Dzib Cicero
born on 25 March 1881 at 21:00 (= 9:00 PM )
Place Mérida (Yucatan), Mexico, 20n58, 89w37
Timezone LMT m89w37 (is local mean time)
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Mexican teacher and feminist activist, an early member of the Socialist Party of the Southeast and one of the first three women elected to a legislative body in Mexico. She taught for over fifty years and was still teaching at the time of her death.
She participated in the First Feminist Congress of Mexico which occurred in 1916 in Mérida under the auspices of governor Salvador Alvarado. The Liga de Profesores (Teacher's League) was formed in 1918, and Dzib served as its treasurer, scrupulously accounting for the funds. In 1922, she helped found the Feminist League of Yucatán, as part of the Socialist Party of the Southeast with Elvia Carrillo Puerto, Beatriz Peniche de Ponce, Rosa Torre González, Adolfina Valencia and Consuelo Zavala.
On 18 November 1923, three candidates who were members of the Liga Rita Cetina Gutierrez (League of Rita Cetina Gutiérrez) were elected to the local legislature as candidates of the Socialist Party of the Southeast. Dzib was elected for the third district of the City of Mérida, Elvia Carrillo Puerto elected by the District of Izamal, and Peniche by the second district of Mérida. Their triumph at the polls was short-lived, as the women were forced out when governor Felipe Carrillo Puerto was assassinated in 1924. Dzib withdrew from politics after the assassination and dedicated her life to education.
When she had attained 50 years of teaching, Dzib was awarded a gold service medal. In her honor, the government of Yucatán awards the Raquel Dzib Cicero Medal annually to all teachers who have reached 30 years of uninterrupted service. Dzib died on 14 March 1949, aged 67, in Mérida.
associate relationship with Torre González, Rosa (born 30 August 1890)
Death, Cause unspecified 14 March 1949 (Age 67)
Sy Scholfield provided birth registry entry from Yucatán state archives. Wikipedia has 1882 evidently in error.
Vocation : Education : Teacher
Vocation : Politics : Activist/ feminist
Vocation : Politics : Public office
Notable : Awards : Vocational award
Notable : Famous : First in Field
Retrieved from "https://www.astro.com:8443/wiki/astro-databank/index.php?title=Dzib_Cicero,_Raquel&oldid=255294"
Birthplace Mérida (Yucatan), MEX
Sun 5 Aries
Moon 15 Aquarius
Asc 14 Scorpio


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No debe confundirse con el formato OpenDocument creado y popularizado mucho antes por programas como LibreOffice o Google Docs. Tampoco debe confundirse con OpenOffice.org XML (formato obsoleto usado por versiones anteriores de OpenOffice.org), o Microsoft Office XML (formato de archivo usado por versiones anteriores de Microsoft Office).

Office Open XML (también llamado OOXML u OpenXML) es un formato de archivo abierto y estándar cuyas extensiones más comunes son .docx, .xlsx y .pptx. Se le utiliza para representar y almacenar hojas de cálculo, gráficas, presentaciones y documentos de texto. Un archivo Office Open XML contiene principalmente datos basados en el lenguaje de marcado XML, comprimidos en un contenedor .zip específico.

La especificación fue definida originalmente por Microsoft para reemplazar sus formatos binarios protegidos, además de los rudimentarios formatos de archivo basados en XML de Office 2003 (Microsoft Office XML). Dicha especificación fue luego entregada a Ecma International bajo la supervisión del Comité Técnico TC45 de Ecma International para ser desarrollada como el estándar ECMA-376, proceso que culminó en 2006.Ecma formal publications

Tras un par de años de trabajo y luego de incorporar algunos de los cambios propuestos por miembros de las organizaciones ISO/IEC, se publicó una versión corregida de la especificación como estándar internacional «ISO/IEC 29500:2008, Information technology – Office Open XML formats», y como «ECMA-376 Office Open XML File Formats - 2a edición». La normativa ISO/IEC 29500 publicada en noviembre de 2008, consta de 4 partes que pueden ser descargadas libremente para su consulta. Esta aprobación fue realizada por la vía rápida, sin seguir el procedimiento normal que sí tuvo que seguir el formato ODF (OpenDocument Format).

Este formato es criticado por desarrolladores de suites que han querido añadir compatibilidad con OOXML. El estándar presenta dificultades técnicas para su implementación imposibilitando la creación de implementaciones alternativas a la de Microsoft, que no es abierta ni tampoco está documentada. También crea incompatibilidades (pérdida de información) al usarlo para intercambiar información entre distintas versiones de Microsoft Office.

 Antecedentes y proceso de estandarización

Antes de la versión 2007, las aplicaciones principales de la suite de programas Microsoft Office (primariamente Word, Excel y PowerPoint) almacenaban sus datos de manera predeterminada en archivos binarios. Históricamente, era difícil para otras aplicaciones interoperar con éstos, debido a la carencia de información disponible públicamente. Para el año 2007, Microsoft ofreció las especificaciones para estos formatos binarios bajo una licencia libre de derechos y desde ese año, la documentación de uso de estos formatos es descargable desde su sitio web bajo un acuerdo de licencia Microsoft Open Specification Promise. Debido a que Microsoft mantenía en secreto los formatos de archivo mencionados anteriormente, otros productores de programas ofimáticos tenían grandes dificultades en alcanzar una total interoperabilidad.
Microsoft fue blanco de presiones para adoptar un formato de archivo abierto, ya que muchas naciones en particular adoptaron reglamentos que exigían que sus documentos oficiales debían encontrarse disponibles en formatos abiertos.

En el año 2000, Microsoft publicó una versión inicial de un formato basado en XML para Microsoft Excel y que luego fue incorporado a Office XP. En el 2002 le siguió un formato similar para Microsoft Word. Estos formatos de Word y Excel – conocidos como formatos Microsoft Office XML – serían incluidos en la versión 2003 de Microsoft Office.

Para mayo de 2004, algunos gobiernos además de la Unión Europea, hicieron la recomendación a Microsoft para que publicara y estandarizara sus formatos XML de Office a través de una organización especializada en esos procesos. Microsoft anunció en noviembre de 2005 que iba a hacerlo con una nueva versión de sus formatos basados en XML mediante la intervención de Ecma International y que serían anunciados como "Ecma Office Open XML". El estándar fue publicado como ECMA-376 y lanzado en diciembre de 2006. La documentación puede ser descargada para su consulta desde el sitio web de Ecma International.

Una versión corregida del formato recibió los votos necesarios para aprobarse como estándar ISO/IEC luego de un proceso de estandarización rápido realizado por el JTC 1 y que concluyó en abril de 2008.

 Versiones del estándar
La especificación Office Open XML existe en un número determinado de versiones.

 ECMA-376 1a edición (2006)
El estándar ECMA está estructurado en cinco partes para lograr los requerimientos de distintas audiencias.

Parte 1. Fundamentos
Vocabulario, convenciones de notación y abreviaturas
Resumen de los lenguajes de marcado principales y de soporte
Condiciones de adhesión y guías de interoperatividad
Restricciones del formato de empaquetado OPC que aplican a cada tipo de documento

Parte 2. Open Packaging Conventions
Define el formato Open Packaging Conventions (OPC), su modelo del paquete y empaquetado físico en las diversas aplicaciones que lo utilicen
Define las propiedades principales, miniaturas, firmas digitales, autorizaciones de acceso y cifrado
Los esquemas XML para OPC se declaran como XML Schema Definitions (XSD) y (no incluido en la normativa) utilizando RELAX NG (ISO/IEC 19757-2)

Parte 3. Cartilla
Introducción informativa (no normativa) a WordprocessingML, SpreadsheetML, PresentationML, DrawingML, VML y otros ML compartidos, proporcionando un contexto e ilustrando elementos a través de ejemplos y diagramas
Describe la institución de almacenamiento para los datos XML personalizados dentro de un contenedor, para soportar la integración con datos de negocios

Parte 4. Referencia del lenguaje de marcado
Contiene el material de referencia para WordprocessingML, SpreadsheetML, PresentationML, DrawingML, otros ML compartidos y esquemas XML personalizados, definiendo cada elemento y atributo e incluyendo la jerarquía del elemento (relaciones de parentesco)
Esquemas XML para los lenguajes de marcado, declarados como XSD y (no incluido en la normativa) utilizando RELAX NG
Define el mecanismo de almacenamiento para XML personalizado

Parte 5. Compatibilidad de marcado y extensibilidad
Describe los mecanismos de extensión de los documentos OpenXML y especifica los elementos o atributos por medio de los cuales las aplicaciones con extensiones distintas pueden interoperar.

 ISO/IEC 29500:2008
El estándar ISO/IEC está estructurado en cuatro partes, siendo cada una de ellas estándares independientes.

Parte 1. Fundamentos y referencia del lenguaje de marcado (5560 páginas)
Contiene definiciones de conformación
Contiene el material de referencia para WordprocessingML, SpreadsheetML, PresentationML, DrawingML, otros ML compartidos y esquemas XML personalizados, definiendo cada elemento y atributo e incluyendo la jerarquía del elemento (relaciones de parentesco)
Esquemas XML para los lenguajes de marcado, declarados como XSD y (no incluido en la normativa) utilizando RELAX NG
Define la institución de almacenamiento para los datos XML personalizados
Se incluyen los esquemas XML en el texto

Parte 2. Open Packaging Conventions (129 páginas)
Define el formato Open Packaging Conventions (modelo del paquete, empaquetado físico)
Define las propiedades principales, miniaturas y firmas digitales
Los esquemas XML para OPC son declarados como XML Schema Definitions (XSD) y (no incluido en la normativa) utilizando RELAX NG (ISO/IEC 19757-2)

Parte 3. Compatibilidad de marcado y extensibilidad (40 páginas)
Describe los mecanismos de extensión de los documentos OpenXML y especifica los elementos o atributos por medio de los cuales, las aplicaciones con extensiones distintas pueden interoperar
Las reglas de extensibilidad son expresadas utilizando NVDL (ISO/IEC 19757-4)

Parte 4. Características de migración transicionales (1464 páginas)
Contiene material de referencia de interés transicional
Contiene material controvertido como la configuración de compatibilidad y el lenguaje de marcado gráfico VML
Contiene una lista de diferencias entre ECMA-376 e ISO/IEC 29500:2008

El estándar especifica un total seis niveles de tolerancia del documento o aplicación. Niveles strict (estricto) y transitional (de transición) para cada lenguaje (WordprocessingML, PresentationML y SpreadsheetML). El estándar también especifica las descripciones de aplicaciones tales como base y full (completo).

 Compatibilidad
A día de hoy Microsoft Office sigue sin soportar el formato OOXML establecido por el estándar ISO/IEC 29500 por defecto.
Aunque aparentemente se puede seleccionar manualmente que guarde los documentos en dicho formato a partir de Microsoft Office 2013,
la configuración de Microsoft Office provoca incompatibilidades e imposibilidad de intercambiar documentos en OOXML de forma ágil. Hay múltiples versiones distintas del estándar (ECMA, ISO, por cada versión de Microsoft Office), pudiéndose implementar en teoría solamente una versión (la «Strict») por agentes externos a Microsoft. En la práctica, la versión «Strict» del estándar sin extensiones no la utiliza nadie ya que Microsoft usa su implementación con extensiones propias. Esto es problemático puesto que la implementación «Strict» de Microsoft y sus extensiones no están documentadas, no son abiertas, se pueden cambiar sin previo aviso y tienen el potencial de crecer en número indefinidamente. La especificación «Markup Compatibility and Extensibility» (MCE, partes 5 y 3 del estándar ECMA e ISO, respectivamente) permite respetar el estándar, incluido el «Strict» aunque se introduzcan etiquetas adicionales, sean propietarias o no. Las extensiones de Microsoft son propietarias. La forma de ser compatible con las extensiones si no son soportadas por el programa consiste en ignorar esos contenidos o degradarlos, ocasionando pérdida de información. Se puede interpretar como un caso de Adoptar, Extender y Extinguir, presentando una filosofía cuyo objetivo es operar sólo con entornos Microsoft sin tener en cuenta el resto de suites ofimáticas.

 Aplicaciones que soportan el formato

Comenzando con Microsoft Office 2007, los formatos de archivo Office Open XML (ECMA-376) son el formato predeterminado para guardar documentos de Microsoft Office.
Aunque se dijo en un principio, la versión 2010 no implementa el formato compatible con ISO de Office Open XML (ISO 29500) y por ende, se incluye sólo una variante de transición del estándar, la ECMA.Microsoft Fails the Standards Test  Declaraciones hechas por Doug Mahugh, profesional del equipo de interoperabilidad de Microsoft, indican que el soporte a su formato «estricto» del estándar estará disponible en una futura versión 15 de la suite ofimática de la empresa, y probablemente se añada soporte a Microsoft Office 2010 mediante un plug-in o Service Pack.

La suite Office 2010 de SoftMaker indica que puede leer y escribir archivos .DOCX y .XLSX en sus aplicaciones de procesador de textos y hoja de cálculo.

La suite OpenOffice.org puede importar archivos Office Open XML (.docx, .xlsx, .pptx, etc.) desde su versión 3.

La suite LibreOffice puede importar archivos Office Open XML (.docx, .xlsx, .pptx, etc.) desde su versión 3.3.

Otros productos ofimáticos que han comenzado a soportar el formato son TextEdit de Apple (incluido en Mac OS X) e iWork, IBM Lotus Notes, Corel Wordperfect y Google docs.

Restricciones al soporte de funcionalidad o compatibilidad son aplicables en función del archivo OOXML.

 Características técnicas del formato

El formato Office Open XML utiliza un contenedor basado en Open Packaging Conventions. Este formato utiliza mecanismos heredados del formato de compresión ZIP y contiene los archivos individuales que forman la base del documento. Además de lenguaje de marcado, el contenedor también puede integrar otros archivos como imágenes, vídeos u otros documentos.

 Lenguajes de marcado
Un archivo Office Open XML puede contener muchos documentos codificados en lenguajes de marcado especializados, correspondientes a diversas aplicaciones dentro de la línea de productos de Microsoft Office. El formato Office Open XML define vocabularios múltiples utilizando para ello módulos de 27 espacios de nombres y 89 lenguajes de esquema.

Los lenguajes de marcado principales son:
 WordprocessingML para documentos de texto
 SpreadsheetML para hojas de cálculo
 PresentationML para presentaciones

Algunos materiales compartidos con los lenguajes de marcado incluyen:
 Lenguaje de marcado Office Math (OMML)
 DrawingML, utilizado para dibujar vectores, gráficos, y text art (además, aunque no aprobado, VML se soporta como lenguaje de dibujo)
 Propiedades extendidas
 Propiedades personalizadas
 Tipos variables
 Propiedades de datos XML personalizadas
 Bibliografía

Además de los lenguajes de marcado mencionados, se pueden usar esquemas XML personalizados para extender aún más Office Open XML.

El esquema XML de Office Open XML enfatiza el reducir el tiempo de carga y mejorar la velocidad de análisis sintáctico. Para mejorar el rendimiento, Office Open XML utiliza nombres de elementos muy cortos para aquellos elementos comunes y las hojas de cálculo guardan datos como números de índice (comenzando la numeración desde 1899 o desde 1904). Para lograr ser sistemático y genérico, Office Open XML usa típicamente elementos derivados separados para datos y metadatos (nombres de elementos que terminan en Pr para propiedades) en lugar de usar atributos múltiples que permitan propiedades estructuradas. Office Open XML no utiliza contenido mixto, pero utiliza algunos elementos para colocar series de text runs (nombre de elemento, r) en párrafos (nombre de elemento, p). En contraste, el resultado es conciso y altamente jerarquizado al compararse, por ejemplo con HTML que es bastante plano, ya que fue diseñado para escribir en editores de texto siendo a la vez más agradable de leer.

 Office MathML (OMML)
El lenguaje de marcado Office Math es un lenguaje de marcado matemático el cual puede integrarse dentro de WordprocessingML, y que incluye soporte intrínseco para otros lenguajes de marcado de procesamiento de palabras como marcas de revisión, notas al pie, comentarios, imágenes y otros estilos de contenido.
El formato OMML es distinto a la recomendación del World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), MathML, el cual, aunque no soporta esas características ofimáticas es parcialmente compatible a través de transformaciones XSL relativamente simples.

El siguiente ejemplo de Office MathML define la fracción:

<m:oMathPara>
  <m:oMath>
    <m:f>
      <m:num><m:r>
        <m:t>π</m:t>
      </m:r></m:num>
      <m:den><m:r>
        <m:t>2</m:t>
      </m:r></m:den>
    </m:f>
  </m:oMath>
</m:oMathPara>

 DrawingML

DrawingML es el lenguaje de marcado para gráficos vectoriales utilizado en documentos Office Open XML. Sus papel principal es renderizar los gráficos de elementos de texto, formas gráficas basadas en vectores, tablas y diagramas.

DrawingML es el tercer modelo de tablas en Office Open XML (luego de los modelos de tablas en WordprocessingML y SpreadsheetML) y está optimizado para efectos gráficos como sombras y reflejos que pueden ser utilizadas en diferentes elementos gráficos. Fue creado para un uso principal por parte del lenguaje PresentationML.
Es posible crear efectos 3d en DrawingML para por ejemplo, mostrar diversos elementos gráficos mediante un ángulo de visión flexible. También es posible crear temas de diseño separados mediante DrawingML en un contenedor Office Open XML. Estos temas pueden ser aplicados a elementos gráficos a través de todo el contenido dentro del contenedor Office Open XML.

El lenguaje DrawingML no está relacionado con otros formatos de gráficos vectoriales como SVG, aunque pueden ser convertidos a DrawingML para incluirse nativamente en un documento Office Open XML. Esta es una aproximación distinta a la del formato OpenDocument, el cual utiliza un subconjunto de SVG e incluye los gráficos vectoriales en archivos separados.

Las dimensiones de un gráfico DrawingML están especificadas en Unidades Métricas Inglesas (del inglés English Metric Unit o EMUs). Esta unidad se define como la 1/360.000 parte de un centímetro y por ende, hay 914.400 EMUs en una pulgada y 12.700 EMUs por punto. Se escogió esta unidad con aras de que se pudiesen utilizar números enteros para representar con precisión la mayoría de dimensiones encontradas en un documento. Las operaciones de coma flotante no pueden representar adecuadamente una fracción que no sea resultado de la suma de las potencias de dos y ese error se amplifica cuando las fracciones se suman juntas varias veces resultando en un desajuste. Ya que una pulgada equivale a 2.54 centímetros o 127/50, la pulgada debe ser dividida en 127 para que los valores de pulgada y centímetro se conviertan en enteros. Para representar de manera precisa un decimal en dos dígitos, se necesita un divisor de 100. Para representar un punto, es necesario un divisor de 72, lo cual permite también a divisiones de 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12, 18, 24, y 36 ser exactas. Al multiplicar estos valores da como resultado 127×72×100 = 914.400 unidades por pulgada (el mínimo común múltiplo daría valores de 228.600 por pulgada y 90.000 por centímetro). De acuerdo con Rick Jelliffe, programador y activista de estándares (ISO, W3C, IETF), las EMUs son una solución racional para un conjunto de criterios de diseño.

 Estructura del contenedor

Los documentos Office Open XML son almacenados en contenedores Open Packaging Convention (OPC), los cuales son archivos ZIP que guardan XML y otros archivos de datos, junto con las especificaciones de relación entre ellos. Dependiendo del tipo de documento, los contenedores difieren en sus estructuras y nombres de directorios. Una aplicación usará los archivos de relación para localizar secciones individuales (en archivos), cada una con metadatos adjuntos, en particular metadatos MIME.

Un contenedor básico incluye en su raíz un archivo XML denominado [Content_Types].xml, junto con tres directorios: _rels, docProps, y uno específico para el tipo de documento (por ejemplo, en un paquete de texto .docx, habrá un directorio llamado word). El directorio word contendrá un archivo document.xml el cual incluye el texto base del documento.

 [Content_Types].xml  Este archivo describe los contenidos globales. También contiene estructuras de mapeo para extensiones de archivos y reemplazos para URIs específicas.
 _rels  Estos directorios contienen las relaciones de los archivos dentro del contenedor. Contendrá los mismos nombres de archivo que indican relaciones pero con una extensión .rels añadida. Por ejemplo, si el archivo content types tuviese alguna relación, existirá una archivo de nombre [Content_Types].xml.rels dentro del directorio _rels.
 _rels/.rel  En este archivo se localizan las relaciones del contenedor. Las aplicaciones miran aquí primero. En un documento de contenido mínimo que sólo incluya el archivo básico document.xml, las relaciones detalladas son metadatos y document.xml.
 docProps/core.xml  Este archivo contiene las propiedades base de cualquier documento Office Open XML.

 Relaciones
 Archivos de relación en Office Open XML
A continuación, un ejemplo de archivo de relación (word/_rels/document.xml.rels):

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes" ?>
<Relationships
  xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/package/2005/06/relationships">
  <Relationship Id="rId1"
    Type="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2006/relationships/image"
    Target="http://web.archive.org/web/http://en.wikipedia.org/images/wiki-en.png"
    TargetMode="External" />
  <Relationship Id="rId2"
    Type="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2006/relationships/hyperlink"
    Target="http://www.wikipedia.org"
    TargetMode="External" />
</Relationships>

Con ello, las imágenes referenciadas en el documento pueden encontrarse en el archivo de relaciones si se busca por las relaciones que son de tipo http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2006/relationships/image. Para cambiar la imagen usada, es necesario editar la relación.

 Relaciones de hipervínculos
El siguiente código muestra un ejemplo de marcado entre líneas para un hipervínculo:

<w:hyperlink r:id="rId2" w:history="1"
  xmlns:r="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/relationships"
  xmlns:w="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/wordprocessingml/2006/main">

En este ejemplo, el Localizador Uniforme de Recursos (URL) está representado por "rId2". La URL realmente se encuentra en el archivo de relaciones que le acompaña, localizado por su elemento "rId2" correspondiente. Las imágenes, plantillas y otros elementos vinculables son referenciados de la misma manera.

 Relaciones para archivos de medios integrados o vinculados
Las imágenes pueden ser incorporadas o vinculadas usando una etiqueta:

<v:imagedata w:rel="rId1" o:title="ejemplo" />

Esta es la referencia al archivo de imagen. Todas las referencias son administradas mediante relaciones. Por ejemplo, el archivo document.xml se relaciona con la imagen. Hay un directorio _rels en el mismo directorio que document.xml; dentro de _rels hay un archivo llamado document.xml.rels. En ese archivo hay definiciones de relación que contiene tipo, ID y ubicación. La ID es la utilizada como referencia en el documento XML. El tipo será un esquema de definición para los tipos de medios y la ubicación será definida como la localización interna dentro del contenedor ZIP o externa, definida con una URL.

 Propiedades del documento
Office Open XML utiliza el conjunto de elementos de metadatos Dublin Core y definiciones de metadatos DCMI para almacenar las propiedades del documento. Dublin Core es un estándar para descripción de recursos entre dominios y como tal, está definido en ISO 15836:2003.

 Metadatos
El siguiente es un ejemplo del archivo de propiedades (docProps/core.xml'') que utiliza metadatos Dublin Core:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<cp:coreProperties xmlns:cp="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/package/2006/metadata/core-properties"
  xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/"
  xmlns:dcmitype="http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
  <dc:title>Office Open XML</dc:title>
  <dc:subject>Formato y estructura de archivo</dc:subject>
  <dc:creator>Wikipedia</dc:creator>
  <cp:keywords>Office Open XML, Metadatos, Dublin Core</cp:keywords>
  <dc:description>Office Open XML usa ISO 15836:2003</dc:description>
  <cp:lastModifiedBy>Wikipedia</cp:lastModifiedBy>
  <cp:revision>1</cp:revision>
  <dcterms:created xsi:type="dcterms:W3CDTF">2008-06-19T20:00:00Z</dcterms:created>
  <dcterms:modified xsi:type="dcterms:W3CDTF">2008-06-19T20:42:00Z</dcterms:modified>
  <cp:category>Documentos sobre formatos de archivo</cp:category>
  <cp:contentStatus>Final</cp:contentStatus>
</cp:coreProperties>

Véase también

 Formato abierto
 Microsoft Office
 Open Document

Referencias

Enlaces externos
 Sitio web ECMA-376
 ISO/IEC 29500:2008
 OpenXMLDeveloper.org, página web de Microsoft para desarrolladores
 Open XML Community site página web para clientes y socios de Microsoft

 OpenOffice.org, How do I open Microsoft Office 2007 files? Article by OpenOffice.org
 Information technology -- Office Open XML file formats, ISO Standards, JTC 1 Information technology, SC 34
 FAQs on ISO/IEC 29500, sitio web oficial de P+F sobre ISO/IEC 29500
 DOCX reference document , contiene múltiples muestras de formatos abiertos con estilos complejos para se usada como revisión de la compatibilidad de una implementación
 OpenXML site, contains resources, articles and tools for Office Open XML
 Estudio de interoperabilidad que muestra una indicación del porcentaje de soporte para Office Open XML en diversas implementaciones de suites ofimáticas para agosto de 2008
 Entroduccion en PresentationML (alemán)
 PHPDocX Librería en PHP para la generación de documentos Word en formato .docx desde un servidor LAMP
 Convertir Open XML online gratuita

Formatos de archivos de documentos
Lenguajes de marcado
Microsoft Office
Formatos abiertos
Normas ISO
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