Full Name:
Data Model Overview

Short Name:
Data Model Overview

Type of Entity:
C#

Abstract:
A primary goal of Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Tools for the Microsoft Office System solutions is to separate data from view in Office documents. Data refers to the information that is stored in the document: numbers, text, and so on. View refers to the user interface and the object model of the application (Microsoft Office Word or Microsoft Office Excel). A worksheet, as an example, is a collection of cells with properties such as value (which represents data) and font (which represents the view). The Excel object model provides access to the various properties and methods of cells (as well as ranges, worksheets, and other elements). However, beyond the ability to map XML schema to various cells and ranges, Excel and Word have no built-in concept of data, which is always embedded in the view.

MSDN Source URL:
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/xst4e83b.aspx