Locators <-> XML Serialization

• Locators are lists of paths

• XML-document->Locators

  • each element-node gets id in document-order (depth first, left to right traversal)
  • each element-node is located by the entire path from root
  • attributes are attached to element-nodes
  • content is attached to leave-nodes

• Locators->XML-document:

  • clean up: discard locators $prefix which are followed by at leastone locator $prefix.$postfix
  • generate tree(1) for all locators generate nested serialization(2) fill up with content and attributes

• Mappings should be total, 1:1

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