MDA - markup/xml/dom/dom

Comment:: defines semantics of these interfaces and objects - including both behavior and attributes
Comment:: defines relationships and collaborations for these interfaces and objects
Comment:: platform- and programming-language-neutral interface
Comment:: defines interfaces and objects used to represent and manipulate a document
Comment:: exposes functional and representational elements of a page to programming languages
Comment:: defines "forest" or "grove" logically
Comment:: language bindings for Java, Python, Perl, ...
Comment:: abstract interface to dynamically access and update the content, structure and style of documents
Comment:: exposes all document elements as objects -- manipulated by changing attributes or applying methods

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