1 Introduction
Introduction
This document defines serialization of the W3C XQuery 1.0 and XPath 2.0 Data Model,
which is the data model of at least [XPath2],
[XSLT2], and
[XQuery], and any other specifications that reference it.
Ed. Note:
This material has been moved out
of the XSLT draft and
into a separate document. The Working Groups also considered moving
this material directly into the Data Model document, but elected to
keep it separate for the moment, principally in order to advance the
Data Model to Last Call. In the future, this material may be moved
into the Data Model. The Working Groups solicit public opinion about
which alternative is superior.
Serialization is the process of converting an instance of the
[DataModel] into a sequence of octets. Serialization is
well-defined for most data model instances.
Ed. Note:
The document assumes the reader already knows
generally what serialization is. A brief explanation will be added,
especially to disabuse any reader who thinks it might mean Java (or
.NET) serialization.
Ed. Note:
The editor has yet to align the description of
serialization errors with the description of errors in related
specifications. That will be done in a future public working
draft.
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