Talk:XML data binding

Merge with Data Binding

I think Data binding deserves its own article. Many of the issues discussed here apply to JSON or YAML or your platform-agnostic data format here.

We also need to describe what differentiates Data Binding (XML or otherwise) from Serialization. In the sense I'm familiar with, data binding refers to a serialization that describes its own data format (a program can discover the data's structure as it is read in), and may not require a schema (perl's XML::Simple or python's Objectify). Data binding often then specifically means "serialization that describes its own structure and is intended for transport across platforms". XML to/from a predefined data structure, round-tripped only within the same program or suite of programs, I'd think of as simply Serialization.

--Mrflip (talk) 20:09, 4 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Question about Binding

I am searching Wikipedia for definitions of what is meant by "binding" but am coming up empty. XML data binding is as close as I have come. Can someone contribute some content about what binding means in respect to programming? UPDATE: I found a reference under "binding" but not when looking for "bind", which was my original search. Now I am having trouble locating information about what a "lexical context" is.

    Here is a link to the wikipedia page on binding. --John in Austin 14:57, 23 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The Hydrate link points to a chemistry article. Sergivs-en 23:08, 12 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]