[Dev] terminology change: content model --> domain model

Alec Flett alecf at osafoundation.org
Tue Jan 17 09:04:00 PST 2006


Katie Capps Parlante wrote:
> In the architecture document, I used the term "domain model" instead 
> of "content model". This layer defines the domain specific schema: 
> calendar events, email messages, tasks, contacts, etc. The term 
> "content model" was OSAF specific. I strongly prefer "domain model" 
> because that is a more standard term.
>
> http://chandler.osafoundation.org/docs/0.6/overview.html
>
> Before I go do a bunch of wiki gardening and initiate any code 
> changes, I thought I'd do a sanity check. Do folks agree with this 
> terminology change? Please respond by Wednesday morning.
>
+1, or maybe +10 :)

I always though "content model" was confusing - especially since the DOM 
in a web page is also often referred to as a content model. It took me a 
few weeks at OSAF to realize that the "content model" didn't necessarily 
include the block API :)

Alec
> Cheers,
> Katie
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