From: Donnal W. <don...@ya...> - 2003-10-20 00:03:43
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--- "Clark C. Evans" <cc...@cl...> wrote: > objections: > packet: this sounds too low-level IPish > chunk: we use 'scalar chunk', and I like that > block: we use 'block' to mean indented, (vs 'flow') > document: > People often use 'file' and 'document' as synonyms, > and for other reasons presented earlier. > tree: > We use this in the 'serial' model, and the > syntax is really a 'beautyfied' tree by this logic > database: > This would cause too much confusing with SQL/YAML > mapping. > record: > A bit too close to SQL, as a table is a series of > records. I can see someone talking about 'records' > in a YAML serialization as sequence items > > I must say, 'entity' worked nicely here. How about "structure"? A *structure* is "something made up of a number of parts that are held or put together in a particular way." American Heritage Dictionary YMMV Regards, ===== Donnal Walter Arkansas Children's Hospital |