<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <!-- Generated: Wed Apr 07 13:10:47 EDT 2004 jfouffa.w3.org --> <html lang='en-US'> <head> <title>Document Object Model (DOM) Level 3 Core Specification</title> <link rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' href='./spec.css'> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <link rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' href='W3C-REC.css'> <link rel='next' href='expanded-toc.html'> <link rel='contents' href='Overview.html#contents'> <link rel='copyright' href='copyright-notice.html'> <link rel='glossary' href='glossary.html'> <link rel='Start' href='Overview.html'> <link rel='index' href='def-index.html'> <link rel='author' href='mailto:www-dom@w3.org'> <link rel='help' href='http://www.w3.org/DOM/'> </head> <body> <div class='navbar' style='text-align: center'> <map id='navbar-top' name='navbar-top' title='Navigation Bar'><p> [<a title='Expanded Table of Contents' accesskey='n' href='expanded-toc.html'><strong><u>n</u></strong>ext</a>] [<a title='Table of Contents' accesskey='c' href='Overview.html#contents'><strong><u>c</u></strong>ontents</a>] [<a title='Index' accesskey='i' href='def-index.html'><strong><u>i</u></strong>ndex</a>]</p> <hr title='Navigation area separator'> </map></div> <div class='head'> <p><a href='http://www.w3.org/'> <img height='48' width='72' alt='W3C' src='./images/w3c_home.gif'></a></p> <h1 id='title'>Document Object Model (DOM) Level 3 Core Specification</h1> <h2 id='version'>Version 1.0</h2> <!-- REC-DOM-Level-3-Core-20040407 --> <h2 id='W3C-doctype'>W3C Recommendation 07 April 2004</h2> <dl><dt>This version:</dt> <dd><a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-DOM-Level-3-Core-20040407'>http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-DOM-Level-3-Core-20040407</a></dd><dt>Latest version:</dt> <dd><a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/DOM-Level-3-Core'>http://www.w3.org/TR/DOM-Level-3-Core</a></dd> <dt>Previous version:</dt> <dd><a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/PR-DOM-Level-3-Core-20040205/'>http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/PR-DOM-Level-3-Core-20040205/</a></dd> </dl> <dl><dt>Editors: </dt><dd>Arnaud Le Hors, <i>IBM</i></dd> <dd>Philippe Le Hégaret, <i>W3C</i></dd> <dd>Lauren Wood, <i>SoftQuad, Inc. (WG Chair emerita, for DOM Level 1 and 2)</i></dd> <dd>Gavin Nicol, <i>Inso EPS (for DOM Level 1)</i></dd> <dd>Jonathan Robie, <i>Texcel Research and Software AG (for DOM Level 1 and 2)</i></dd> <dd>Mike Champion, <i>Arbortext and Software AG (for DOM Level 1 and 2)</i></dd> <dd>Steve Byrne, <i>JavaSoft (for DOM Level 1 until November 19, 1997)</i></dd> </dl> <p>Please refer to the <a href='http://www.w3.org/2004/01/DOM-Level-3-errata'><strong>errata</strong></a> for this document, which may include some normative corrections.</p><p>This document is also available in these non-normative formats: <a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-DOM-Level-3-Core-20040407/xml-source.xml'>XML file</a>, <a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-DOM-Level-3-Core-20040407/DOM3-Core.txt'>plain text</a>, <a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-DOM-Level-3-Core-20040407/DOM3-Core.ps'>PostScript file</a>, <a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-DOM-Level-3-Core-20040407/DOM3-Core.pdf'>PDF file</a>, <a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-DOM-Level-3-Core-20040407/DOM3-Core.html'>single HTML file</a>, and <a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-DOM-Level-3-Core-20040407/DOM3-Core.zip'>ZIP file</a>.</p> <p class='translation'>See also <a href='http://www.w3.org/2004/01/DOM-Level-3-translations'>translations</a> of this document.</p><p class='copyright'><a href='http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/ipr-notice#Copyright'> Copyright</a> ©2004 <a href='http://www.w3.org/'><acronym title='World Wide Web Consortium'>W3C</acronym></a><sup>®</sup> (<a href='http://www.csail.mit.edu/'><acronym title='Massachusetts Institute of Technology'>MIT</acronym></a>, <a href='http://www.ercim.org/'><acronym title='European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics'>ERCIM</acronym></a>, <a href='http://www.keio.ac.jp/'>Keio</a>), All Rights Reserved. W3C <a href='http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/ipr-notice#Legal_Disclaimer'>liability</a>, <a href='http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/ipr-notice#W3C_Trademarks'>trademark</a>, <a href='http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/copyright-documents'>document use</a> and <a href='http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Legal/copyright-software'>software licensing</a> rules apply.</p> </div> <hr title='separator from header'> <h2 id='abstract'>Abstract</h2> <div class='abstract'> <p> This specification defines the Document Object Model Core Level 3, a platform- and language-neutral interface that allows programs and scripts to dynamically access and update the content, structure and style of documents. The Document Object Model Core Level 3 builds on the Document Object Model Core Level 2 [<a class='noxref' href='references.html#DOM2Core'>DOM Level 2 Core</a>]. </p><p> This version enhances DOM Level 2 Core by completing the mapping between DOM and the XML Information Set [<a class='noxref' href='references.html#InfoSet'>XML Information Set</a>], including the support for XML Base [<a class='noxref' href='references.html#XMLBase'>XML Base</a>], adding the ability to attach user information to DOM Nodes or to bootstrap a DOM implementation, providing mechanisms to resolve namespace prefixes or to manipulate "ID" attributes, giving to type information, etc. </p></div> <h2 id='status'>Status of this document</h2> <div class='status'> <p> <em>This section describes the status of this document at the time of its publication. Other documents may supersede this document. A list of current W3C publications and the latest revision of this technical report can be found in the <a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/'>W3C technical reports index</a> at http://www.w3.org/TR/.</em> </p><p> This document contains the Document Object Model Level 3 Core specification and is a <a href='http://www.w3.org/2004/02/Process-20040205/tr.html#RecsW3C'>W3C Recommendation</a>. It has been produced as part of the <a href='http://www.w3.org/DOM/Activity.html'>W3C DOM Activity</a>. The authors of this document are the <a href='http://www.w3.org/DOM/'>DOM Working Group</a> participants. For more information about DOM, readers can also refer to <a href='http://www.w3.org/DOM/faq.html'>DOM FAQ</a> and <a href='http://www.w3.org/DOM/Test/'>DOM Conformance Test Suites</a>. </p><p> It is based on the feedback received during the <a href='http://www.w3.org/2004/02/19-dom-level-3-issues/issues.html'>Proposed Recommendation</a> period. <a href='http://www.w3.org/2004/03/DOM-Level-3-Core-changes.html'>Changes since the Proposed Recommendation version</a> and an <a href='http://www.w3.org/2003/10/DOM-Level-3-Core-implementations.html'>implementation report</a> are available. Please refer to the <a href='http://www.w3.org/2004/01/DOM-Level-3-errata'>errata</a> for this document, which may include some normative corrections. </p><p> Comments on this document should be sent to the public mailing list <a href='mailto:www-dom@w3.org'>www-dom@w3.org</a> (<a href='http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-dom/'>public archive</a>). </p><p> This is a stable document and has been endorsed by the W3C Membership and the participants of the DOM working group. The English version of this specification is the only normative version. See also <a href='http://www.w3.org/2004/01/DOM-Level-3-translations'>translations</a>. </p><p> Patent disclosures relevant to this specification may be found on the Working Group's <a href='http://www.w3.org/2002/08/02-DOM-Disclosures.html'>patent disclosure page</a>. This document has been produced under the <a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/NOTE-patent-practice-20020124'>24 January 2002 CPP</a> as amended by the <a href='http://www.w3.org/2004/02/05-pp-transition'>W3C Patent Policy Transition Procedure</a>. An individual who has actual knowledge of a patent which the individual believes contains Essential Claim(s) with respect to this specification should disclose the information in accordance with <a href='http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Patent-Policy-20040205/#sec-Disclosure'>section 6 of the W3C Patent Policy</a>. </p></div> <h2 id='table-of-contents'><a name='contents'>Table of contents</a></h2> <ul class='toc'> <li class='tocline2'><a class='tocxref' href='expanded-toc.html'>Expanded Table of Contents</a></li> <li class='tocline2'><a class='tocxref' href='copyright-notice.html'>W3C Copyright Notices and Licenses</a></li> <li class='tocline2'><a class='tocxref' href='introduction.html'>What is the Document Object Model?</a></li> </ul> <ul class='toc'> <li class='tocline2'><a class='tocxref' href='core.html'>1. Document Object Model Core</a></li> </ul> <ul class='toc'> <li class='tocline2'><a class='tocxref' href='changes.html'>Appendix A: Changes</a></li> <li class='tocline2'><a class='tocxref' href='namespaces-algorithms.html'>Appendix B: Namespaces Algorithms</a></li> <li class='tocline2'><a class='tocxref' href='infoset-mapping.html'>Appendix C: Infoset Mapping</a></li> <li class='tocline2'><a class='tocxref' href='configuration-settings.html'>Appendix D: Configuration Settings</a></li> <li class='tocline2'><a class='tocxref' href='accessing-code-point-boundaries.html'>Appendix E: Accessing code point boundaries</a></li> <li class='tocline2'><a class='tocxref' href='idl-definitions.html'>Appendix F: IDL Definitions</a></li> <li class='tocline2'><a class='tocxref' href='java-binding.html'>Appendix G: Java Language Binding</a></li> <li class='tocline2'><a class='tocxref' href='ecma-script-binding.html'>Appendix H: ECMAScript Language Binding</a></li> <li class='tocline2'><a class='tocxref' href='acknowledgements.html'>Appendix I: Acknowledgements</a></li> <li class='tocline2'><a class='tocxref' href='glossary.html'>Glossary</a></li> <li class='tocline2'><a class='tocxref' href='references.html'>References</a></li> <li class='tocline2'><a class='tocxref' href='def-index.html'>Index</a></li> </ul> <div class='navbar' style='text-align: center'> <map id='navbar-bottom' name='navbar-bottom' title='Navigation Bar'><hr title='Navigation area separator'><p> [<a title='Expanded Table of Contents' href='expanded-toc.html'><strong><u>n</u></strong>ext</a>] [<a title='Table of Contents' href='Overview.html#contents'><strong><u>c</u></strong>ontents</a>] [<a title='Index' href='def-index.html'><strong><u>i</u></strong>ndex</a>]</p> </map></div> </body> </html>