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Glossary > Computers >DOM
DOM
Document Object Model, a platform independent interface for accessing HTML and XML documents usable from within programming and scripting languages. The DOM presents documents in an object oriented fashion. A DOM interface is e.g. provided by Microsoft's XMLDOM ActiveXControl. DOM exists in three levels. DOM Level 1 is a W3C Recommendation and is currently supported by lots of implementations. DOM Level 2 extends DOM Level 1 w.r.t., among others, access to the DTD and namespaces. DOM Level 2 is yet a W3C Proposed Recommendation. DOM Level 2 is specified in a modularized document structure, i.e. Core Specification, HTML Specification, Views Specification, Style Specification, Events Specification, and Traversal-Range Specification. Core is the entry point to read the specification. The DOM group has recently published a first suggestion for DOM Level 3.
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