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<h1 id='title'>Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 HTML
Specification</h1>

<h2 id='version'>Version 1.0</h2>

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<h2 id='W3C-doctype'>W3C Recommendation 09 January 2003</h2>

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<dt>This version:</dt>

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href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/REC-DOM-Level-2-HTML-20030109'>http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/REC-DOM-Level-2-HTML-20030109</a></dd>

<dt>Latest version:</dt>

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href='http://www.w3.org/TR/DOM-Level-2-HTML'>http://www.w3.org/TR/DOM-Level-2-HTML</a></dd>

<dt>Previous version:</dt>

<dd><a
href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/PR-DOM-Level-2-HTML-20021108'>http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/PR-DOM-Level-2-HTML-20021108</a></dd>
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<dt>Editors:</dt>

<dd>Johnny Stenback, <i>Netscape</i></dd>

<dd>Philippe Le H&eacute;garet, <i>W3C</i></dd>

<dd>Arnaud Le Hors, <i>W3C and IBM (until November 2000)</i></dd>
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<h2 id='abstract'>Abstract</h2>

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<p>This specification defines the Document Object Model Level 2
HTML, a platform- and language-neutral interface that allows
programs and scripts to dynamically access and update the content
and structure of [<a class='noxref'
href='references.html#HTML40'>HTML 4.01</a>] and [<a class='noxref'
href='references.html#XHTML10'>XHTML 1.0</a>] documents. The
Document Object Model Level 2 HTML builds on the Document Object
Model Level 2 Core [<a class='noxref'
href='references.html#DOMCore'>DOM Level 2 Core</a>] and is not
backward compatible with DOM Level 1 HTML [<a class='noxref'
href='references.html#DOM-Level-1'>DOM Level 1</a>].</p>
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<h2 id='status'>Status of this document</h2>

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<p><em>This section describes the status of this document at the
time of its publication. Other documents may supersede this
document. The latest status of this document series is maintained
at the W3C.</em></p>

<p>This is the 09 January 2003 of "DOM Level 2 HTML". This document
has been reviewed by W3C Members, software developers, and other
W3C groups and interested parties, and has been endorsed by the
Director as a W3C Recommendation. It is a stable document and may
be used as reference material or cited as a normative reference
from another document. W3C's role in making the Recommendation is
to draw attention to the specification and to promote its
widespread deployment. This document enhances the interoperability
of the Web.</p>

<p>Patent disclosures relevant to this specification may be found
on the <a
href='http://www.w3.org/2002/08/02-DOM-Disclosures.html'>Working
Group's public patent disclosure page</a>.</p>

<p>This document 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 DOM Working Group
participants.</p>

<p>The English version of this specification is the only normative
version. Information about <a
href='http://www.w3.org/2000/11/DOM-Level-2-translations'>translations</a>
of this document is available at
http://www.w3.org/2000/11/DOM-Level-2-translations.</p>

<p>The <a href='http://www.w3.org/2000/11/DOM-Level-2-errata'>list
of known errors</a> in this document is available at
http://www.w3.org/2000/11/DOM-Level-2-errata</p>

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<p>An <a
href='http://www.w3.org/2002/11/DOM-Level-2-HTML-Results/'>implementation
report</a>, based on the DOM Test Suite work, is available at
http://www.w3.org/2002/11/DOM-Level-2-HTML-Results.</p>

<p>A list of <a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/'>current W3C
Recommendations and other technical documents</a> can be found at
http://www.w3.org/TR.</p>

<p><b>Note:</b>This specification renders the DOM Level 1 HTML
Recommendation obsolete given that some changes from DOM Level 1
HTML are incompatible with that specification but represent more
accurately the state of deployed software. W3C strongly suggests
that developers and authors conform to DOM Level 2 HTML
instead.</p>
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Document Object Model HTML</a></li>
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<li class='tocline2'><a class='tocxref'
href='changes.html'>Appendix A: Changes</a></li>

<li class='tocline2'><a class='tocxref'
href='idl-definitions.html'>Appendix B: IDL Definitions</a></li>

<li class='tocline2'><a class='tocxref'
href='java-binding.html'>Appendix C: Java language Binding</a></li>

<li class='tocline2'><a class='tocxref'
href='ecma-script-binding.html'>Appendix D: ECMAScript Language
Binding</a></li>

<li class='tocline2'><a class='tocxref'
href='acknowledgements.html'>Appendix E: Acknowledgements</a></li>

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href='glossary.html'>Glossary</a></li>

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