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Re: A multi-step approach on defining object-orientednature of

• To: Margarita Isayeva <isayevam@y...>
• Subject: Re: A multi-step approach on defining object-orientednature of DOM
• From: Eric van der Vlist <vdv@d...>
• Date: 21 Aug 2002 08:20:39 +0200
• Cc: xml-dev@l...
• In-reply-to: <20020820224754.41211.qmail@w...>
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On Wed, 2002-08-21 at 00:47, Margarita Isayeva wrote:
> 1. XML document: persistent angle-bracketed
> representation of our data. 

No, this description is too data centric!

I'd say that a XML document is a piece of text in which a hierarchical
structure has been made easily readable through an angle brackets based
punctuation system.

Representing some data is only one of its applications and only one of
its interpretations :-) ...

> 2. DOM: in-memory representation of an XML document.
> 
> 1+2:
> DOM: in-memory representation of representation of our
> data
> 
> So far so good...
> 
> 3. DOM: a set of interfaces
> 4. Interface: a specification of implementation of
> something whose implementation is susceptible of
> specification.
> 
> Now putting it all together:
> 
> "DOM: a specification of implementation of
> representation of representation of our data".
> 
> Any problem with this definition?

Yes: it assumes that your XML document is a representation of some
data...

Eric
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