Document Object Model (DOM)

Situation today: due to the lack of a standard interface, authors are unable to write programs that work without changes across vendors

The DOM solution: a platform- and language-neutral program interface that will allow programs and scripts to access and update the content, structure, and style of documents in a standard way

Level one concentrates on the actual core, HTML, and XML document models - contains functionality for document navigation and manipulation

Level two will include a style sheet object model, and define functionality for manipulating the style information attached to a document. It will also allow rich queries of the document and define some event model

Handheld devices will raise special requirements for style and events