Sharing linked files between mac and pc

Dear Community and AI Support,
My team is trying to share AI files between Macs and PCs. That works fine until we have Linked assets. Once we have linked assets, AI either forgets to, or is unable to, let us relink more than one of the linked files. We can't edit the links or even delete them. The linked files are just ignored, leaving the file half empty.
We've tried hacking the paths directly in the .AI file, hoping to eventually write a perl script to help us switch back and forth. but no luck. We assume there is a checksum or crc code or hash, etc..., as AI won't even try to open the file after that.
But to clarify the issue. here is an example of the Mac and PC links we need to switch between using an excerpt from the AI file. These are valid, working directories on both platforms.
Mac flavor:
               <rdf:li rdf:parseType="Resource">
                  <stMfs:linkForm>EmbedByReference</stMfs:linkForm>
                  <stMfs:reference rdf:parseType="Resource">
                     <stRef:filePath>/T/source/stories/00002/characters/puppy.ai</stRef:filePath>
                     <stRef:documentID>xmp.did:5bbaeed4-f8e3-f54b-b302-0b9d14f5a0eb</stRef:documentID>
                     <stRef:instanceID>uuid:1f66816c-99cb-4d62-ab88-aa6f9c92adad</stRef:instanceID>
                  </stMfs:reference>
               </rdf:li>
Win flavor:
               <rdf:li rdf:parseType="Resource">
                  <stMfs:linkForm>EmbedByReference</stMfs:linkForm>
                  <stMfs:reference rdf:parseType="Resource">
                     <stRef:filePath>T:\source\stories\00002\characters\puppy.ai</stRef:filePath>
                     <stRef:documentID>xmp.did:5bbaeed4-f8e3-f54b-b302-0b9d14f5a0eb</stRef:documentID>
                     <stRef:instanceID>uuid:1f66816c-99cb-4d62-ab88-aa6f9c92adad</stRef:instanceID>
                  </stMfs:reference>
               </rdf:li>
Thanks! :]
Chris

ooohhhhh very interesting. I did a find and replace on all the strings, but no dice. I didn't think to look at those types of data. But now that you have mentioned it, perhaps I'll do a diff on the same file saved on both platforms to see what has been changed. Should have already thought of it, but your note has made me check my assumptions.

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