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  <h1 id='title'>Document Object Model (DOM) Level 3 Core Specification</h1>
  <h2 id='version'>Version 1.0</h2>
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<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>

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<dl><dt>Editors:
</dt><dd>Arnaud Le Hors,
<i>IBM</i></dd>
<dd>Philippe Le H&#xe9;garet,
<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>
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<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>
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<h2 id='abstract'>Abstract</h2>
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<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>
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	<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>
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<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>
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<li class='tocline2'><a class='tocxref' href='core.html'>1. Document Object Model Core</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='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>
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