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<h1>Document-Centric Editing</h1>
<p>There are two approaches to content editing in a web browser. The
first is a <em>data-oriented</em> approach, where the content is split into
concrete parts. The editing occurs in a <code><form></code> with various
fields. This approach fits best when there are specific pieces of information
needed for the resource.</p>
<p>The second is a <em>document-oriented</em> approach, where the essence of
the resource is free-flowing. This does not mean that the content is
unstructured, but it is less rigid than fields. Often there are elements that
provide metadata for the resource.</p>
<p>Most information in organizations is free-flowing, as studies show.
For these cases, a rich editor like Kupu makes sense. Equally, these
cases point towards a <em>document-centric</em> approach, rather than
rigid <a title="HTML Specification" href="http://www.w3.org/Markup">HTML</a>
forms.</p>
<p>The following table shows different aspects, and happens to give
us a chance to test table editing in Kupu:</p>
<h4>Comparing Data- and Document-Centric</h4>
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<td>form fields</td>
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<td>form elements</td>
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