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xml-infoset
data semantics of:
- XML, eXtensible Markup Language [ language ]
XML information model
- XML Infoset
Types:
Comment:
similar for other information within an XML document (processing instructions, ....)
Comment:
conceptually, an XML parser creates an infoset for the parsed document -- infoset could also be generated without a document
Comment:
consistent set of definitions -- refer to the information in a well-formed XML document
Comment:
document information item contains: [children], [base URI], [character encoding scheme], [document element], ...
Comment:
abstract data set -- no specific interface
Comment:
element information item contains: [namespace name], [children], [attributes], [namespace attributes], [parent], ...
Comment:
can be represented as a tree structure (but also other models are possible) -- not isomorphous with DOM!!
Comment:
attribute information item contains: [namespace name], [local name], [normalized value], [attribute type], [owner element]
Comment:
infoset consists of information items: for the document and others -- information items have named properties