- From: Les Cuff <lez@fastfwd.com>
- Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1998 12:58:12 -0230
- To: "Arnaud Le Hors" <lehors@w3.org>
- Cc: "w3www-dom" <www-dom@w3.org>
Is there a working group considering the nature of the document? I am seeking a concensus on the definition of Document for a start. A response to my claim: 'a document is not flat' has been: 'a document is flat when it is projected into XML'. I concur with the XML as a stream 1 character wide. This does not cause me mental distress. But I still think that documents are not flat. Supposing I want to deliver a document in fragments. Piecewise XML if you like. Would these be a single DOM tree? or would these be a cluster of trees. How would inter-cluster references work out? [Or am I just thinking that the intent of the DOM is to provide a persistant object while the group is dedicated to a throw away for specific purposes?] Sorry if this confuses. Les Cuff nf.ca
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