Document Object Model
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Definition
The Document Object Model (DOM) is model “{{{1}}}” (W3C DOM FAQ, retrieved 27 March 2008)
More technically speaking the DOM is a series of API's that provide “a standardized, versatile view of a document's contents. By supporting the DOM API, a program not only allows its data to be manipulated by other routines, but does so in a way that allows those manipulations to be reused with other DOMs, or to take advantage of solutions already written for those DOMs. This interoperability also allows programmers who invest in learning to use the DOM calls to apply those skills to other DOMs.” (W3C DOM FAQ, retrieved 27 March 2008)
See also: JavaScript links, XHTML, AJAX etc.
Links
FAQs
Links/index/resource pages
- Links and Resources to the W3C DOM (at Mozilla.org)