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2.3.4.8 Object Data Taxonomy
Overview
In programming, an Object represents a real-world object such as a car, an employee or a task. Ultimately, as the real-world Object is defined in terms of software, it is translated to a Data Structure. The Object Data (see Figure 1) is categorized into Characteristic Data, Definition Data, Field Data and Operation Data.
DIDO Specifics
Many DIDO Platforms refer to Object Data as Smart Contracts. These are similar too, but not the same as classes in Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) languages such as C++, Java, C#, Python, etc. In many ways, the differences are lexical in nature (i.e., Smart Contract versus Contract, method versus function, etc. However, there are some important differences which have to do with the distributed nature of DIDOs and the immutability of the field data (i.e., view and pure designators on methods.
The following discussion has to do with the more generic concept of Object Data but does include discussions of how it relates to DIDO Platforms in general and Ethereum's Solidity more specifically.
