From: Clark C. E. <cc...@cl...> - 2003-10-20 09:24:51
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How about using 'calligraphy' to mean the character representation of a YAML graph? I mean, compared to XML, we *are* calligraphy. ;) Clark On Sun, Oct 19, 2003 at 04:42:56PM -0700, Donnal Walter wrote: | --- "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 |