Altova Mailing List Archives>Archive Index >comp.text.xml Archive Home >Recent entries >Thread Prev - Re: What is a "data object" in W3C terminology ? [Thread Next] Re: What is a "data object" in W3C terminology ?To: NULL Date: 11/2/2009 3:14:00 PM On Nov 2, 8:02=A0pm, The Magpie <use...@pigsinspace.co.uk> wrote: > Ludovic Kuty wrote: > > > [snip] > > > Does "data object" mean simply "something" or "something digital" or > > has it a more precise meaning than that ? > > Technically, Ludovic, a data object means any single and > self-contained stream of bytes (which can be a file, a data output > from a relational or other database or even a transmitted string of > text over the internet) which contains *only* the data upon which > operations might be carried out and which does *not* contain the > operations which may be carried out upon the data. > > In short, it is a "piece of information" kept as a single unit. Thanks for your answers | ||||||
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