Smart tag Issue

I have been messing with the smart tags for a few days now to figure our
how they work, and I am still confused about how the MS is going to be
putting all these smart tag links on all our pages.

>From my work on implementing them here are the steps needed to makes the
smart tags work.

1. A .DLL file has to be written to provide them menu when you click on
the Icon(MS would have no problem getting these out)
2. An XML file has to be written, with the specific key words and
actions to be taken when its clicked on.
3. You have to add all of the following to a page to get them to work 

<.html xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"
xmlns:odc="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:smarttags".>

<.head.>
<.title.>Smart Tag Example<./title.>
<.o:SmartTagType
name="msdngenwebsites"
namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:smarttags"
<./o:SmartTagType.>
<.OBJECT
classid="clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id=ieooui.>
<./OBJECT.>
<.STYLE.>
	odc\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui)}
<./STYLE.>

4. Finally you have to place a tag like this to make it show up as a
smart tag.

<.odc:msdngenwebsites.>Office<./odc:msdngenwebsites.>


The MS word version is different as they are much easier to implement.


With all of that I have been browsing around looking for the tags in
use, and if they were just a matter of MS turning them on would they not
be using them on their sites already?

Microsoft has done some dumb things in the past but rewriting page to
show their tags, I think that they are a little smarter then that. 

Discussion is good but before people have seen them in action or seen
that they are re-writing pages, people are talking about class actions
lawsuits, and petitions. I think that may be jumping the gun a little 

Just my thoughts
 

Thank You
Brian Paulson
Sr. Web Developer
http://www.chieftain.com
bpaulson(at)chieftain.com 

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