Streaming XML (Was RE: XML Information Set Requirements, W3C Note 18-February-1999)

len bullard cbullard at hiwaay.net
Wed Feb 24 01:54:09 GMT 1999


Lauren Wood wrote:
> 
> "Steven R. Newcomb" wrote:
> 
> > The "SGML property set" is one such property set,
> > and it's the property set that governs the
> > structure and nature of the objects to which
> > Jade's groveoa interface provides access.  Think
> > of a property set as a schema for the objects that
> > result from parsing (and/or from semantic
> > processing, but that's another story for another
> > day).
> >
> > The DOM is not a grove; it is an API.
> 
> And for those interested in the history of the DOM, we started with
> the SGML property set as a basis (along with the APIs implemented in
> various products such as HTML browsers and SGML editors). So it's
> not surprising that various APIs that deal with these sorts of
> documents have a similar feel to them, though they differ in the
> details.

Good.  The authoritative replies are so much better than
the reports from the casual bystanders. ;-)

So much for cane thumping.  Back to the TreeView methods....

len

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