[Zope3-dev] Axe DTML Document

[Casey Duncan]

There have been good points raised here by all. I think I will draft a 
Fishbowl proposal on this sometime soon. Here is my take on what a "Document" 
object would be:

  - The data/content would be textual and static. I doubt you could create a 
single XML format to efficiently and effectively handle all cases, so likely 
it would need to support whatever textual format you desired.

  - It would have the capability to add metadata/properties. Would the 
ability to specify a common/default schema (dublin core?) be beneficial?

  - It would have History/diff capabilities perhaps like what DTML objects 
have now, maybe better.

  - Supporting adapters would be created to do things such as HTML 
decapitation, format conversion (STX -> HTML, HTML -> Raw Text, LaTEX -> 
DocBook, whatever), metadata extraction, etc.

  - It would have some form of catalog or index awareness.

  - It would be available for 3 easy payments of $19.95 (No CODs, please)!

The document object itself will probably be dead simple and likely dumb as a 
stump. Not much there beyond a file object. Actually, what IS the difference 
between a document and a file, once you have ComponentArchitecture to 
componentize the behavior?

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