> people confuse because Java semantics are a bit different and more > common. > The trick is having to cope with two groups using the same word in slightly different ways, and any name picked that is nice for Java may end up being bad for another language.
It would be good to use the terms that the W3C uses. Adding a qualifier may help at times: DOM serialization vs. Java serialization. Of course, this would only be useful for normal conversation and so on. Package naming is a different issue. - Tom Palmer
