What does “om” in org.apache.axiom.om means?

Question

I'm pretty new to Web Services in java. I was starting on a project where one is already implemented, and there are lots of references to org.apache.axiom.om namespace.

What does the om stands for ?

Answer 1

It stands for Object Model:

http://ws.apache.org/axiom/apidocs/org/apache/axiom/om/OMXMLBuilderFactory.html

Look under createOMBuilder() - the definition is:

Create an object model builder that reads a plain XML document from the provided input stream with the default parser configuration defined by StAXParserConfiguration.DEFAULT.

Answer 2

I guess it stands for Object Model, since it's written all around everywhere in Axiom home page, even in the title.

I guess some imagination could be used in this situation..