> > happens at the object level?
> If I had evidence that a bottom-level XML/"DOM" layer would "buy me"
I agree with all this.  If you're dealing with objects, go with OODB.
are, however, looking at full structure queries in the near future.
(we have the framework to incorporate both without too much effort.
part is query evaluation and, more importantly, optimisation).
> optimized, purpose-built abstaction with a homogenized "dumb tree"
> several variants of the DOM -- for XML, HTML, CSS etc.
that matter, on a relational).
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