From: Bob Hutchison Date: 2001-11-14T02:31:14+09:00 Subject: [ruby-talk:25044] Re: XML support in the standard lib; what exactly? On 01/11/13 12:22 PM, "Tobias Reif" wrote: > Nat Pryce wrote: > >> What do you mean by the DOM data model? Do you mean the data model as >> described by the XML Information Set spec? Or do you mean the DOM's object >> model? The DOM's object model is rather clunky, with a lot of inheritance, >> and requires casting and suchforth. It would be much better implemented as >> a set of documented protocols and mixins. > > > The likings seem to gravitate toward Infosets' or XPaths' data model. > What's the difference between them? Cheers, Bob