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  <h1 id='title'>Document Object Model (DOM) Level 3 Validation 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-Val-20040127'>http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-DOM-Level-3-Val-20040127</a></dd><dt>Latest version:</dt>
 <dd><a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/DOM-Level-3-Val'>http://www.w3.org/TR/DOM-Level-3-Val</a></dd>
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<dd><a href='http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/PR-DOM-Level-3-Val-20031215'>http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/PR-DOM-Level-3-Val-20031215</a></dd>

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<dl><dt>Editors:
</dt><dd>Ben Chang, 
<i>Oracle</i></dd>
<dd>Joe Kesselman, 
<i>IBM  (until September 2001)</i></dd>
<dd>Rezaur Rahman, 
<i>Intel Corporation (until July 2001)</i></dd>
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<h2 id='abstract'>Abstract</h2>
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	This specification defines the Document Object Model Validation
	Level 3, a platform- and language-neutral interface. This module
	provides the guidance to programs and scripts to dynamically
	update the content and the structure of documents while ensuring
	that the document remains valid, or to ensure that the document
	becomes valid.
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<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>
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	This is the <a href='http://www.w3.org/2003/06/Process-20030618/tr.html#maturity-levels'>Recommendation</a>
	of "DOM Level 3 Validation". No changes were done to this
	specification since the Proposed Recommendation version.
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	Comments on this document should be sent to the public mailing
	list <a href='mailto:www-dom@w3.org'>www-dom@w3.org</a>. An <a href='http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-dom/'>archive</a> is available at
	http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-dom/.
      </p><p>
	An <a href='http://www.w3.org/2003/07/DOM-Level-3-Val-implementations.html'>implementation
	report</a>, along with the test suite, is also available.
      </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. Information about <a href='http://www.w3.org/2004/01/DOM-Level-3-translations'>translations</a>
	of this document is available at
	http://www.w3.org/2004/01/DOM-Level-3-translations.
      </p><p>
	The <a href='http://www.w3.org/2004/01/DOM-Level-3-errata'>list of known
	errors</a> in this document is available at http://www.w3.org/2004/01/DOM-Level-3-errata.
      </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>
        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>.
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<li class='tocline2'><a class='tocxref' href='validation.html'>1. Validation</a></li>
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<li class='tocline2'><a class='tocxref' href='validation-outcomes.html'>Appendix A: Validation Outcomes</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>
<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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