Antonyms of "parsing" in terms of XML

Question

What is the antonyms of "parsing" in terms of XML document.

For Example:

• When you are reading an XML file by using DOM parser, it is called "Parsing".
• When you create an XML file by using DOM parser, what does it called?

Answer 1

Serialization. Deflation. Composing. Storing. Freezing. Persisting.

Marshalling is a similar concept, but it might be instructive to know the differences..

In objective-c serialization is known as archiving.

Python pickles.

Answer 2

I already saw many verbs being used as the opposite of "parsing". I don't think that there is a common standard for it.

In the XML context I prefer the term "rendering" as the antonym of "parsing". My second choice would be "composing" if you don't like to use the verb "to render" in a non-visual context.

But although it might be technically correct from a low-level perspective, I would never use the term "serializing" for this. This only feels suitable to me, if one would also use the term "deserializing" in the same context. But I think that "parsing XML" is the widely accepted standard term here instead. So I suggest to use "rendering XML" or "composing XML" to describe the opposite process.

Answer 3

Serialisation is the process of converting a DOM tree to something for output (text, file, etc).

I've heard composition, generation and construction as terms for the actual 'building' of the new DOM tree.