Stingray software has a good white paper on the relationship between MVC and Document/View (at least the MFC version). The original link disappeared after Stingray was purchased by Rogue Wave. The closest approximation that I could find is www.roguewave.com 
. (Use caution, it has locked up my browser every time so far.)
Note that the URI referenced above is a redirecting page that brings up a PDF file. If you have Adobe Acrobat or its reader installed, the PDF reader will open in your browser window. The PDF is directly accessed at www.roguewave.com , so you can right click this link and download to a local file if you prefer.
Note: the links above are broken, but the PDF file is archived at web.archive.org . What seems to be the original paper is archived at web.archive.org .
See original on c2.com