':type domain: :py:class:`boto.sdb.domain.Domain`
:param domain: The domain that this item belongs to.
:param str name: The name of this item. This name will be used when
querying for items using methods like
:py:meth:`boto.sdb.domain.Domain.get_item`'

def __init__(self, domain, name='', active=False):

    dict.__init__(self)
    self.domain = domain
    self.name = name
    self.active = active
    self.request_id = None
    self.encoding = None
    self.in_attribute = False
    self.converter = self.domain.connection.converter
