Posted by Bob on 05/18/06 09:15

David Segall wrote:
> Bob <bob@bob.org> wrote:
>
>> Afifov wrote:
>>> Hello this maybe out of context, but there is no group here for this.
>>>
>>> I dont have any freaking idea about DOM and how to use it. Can anyone
>>> point me to some places for the layman or begginer? I know xml though.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>> DOM = CSS + Javascript, or Dynamic HTML (DHTML). Just to give you an idea.

> It would be the wrong idea. This article contains a lucid account of
> what the Document Object Model actually is.
> <http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/web/library/wa-ajaxintro4/>

For a nonprogrammer, nonwebdesigner type, it would not be tremendously
far off. See:

http://www.w3.org/DOM/

"Dynamic HTML" is a term used by some vendors to describe *the
combination of HTML, style sheets and scripts that allows documents to
be animated*. The W3C has received several submissions from members
companies on the way in which the object model of HTML documents should
be exposed to scripts. These submissions do not propose any new HTML
tags or style sheet technology. The W3C DOM Activity is working hard to
make sure interoperable and scripting-language neutral solutions are
agreed upon.

I guess I should say, HTML, CSS and Javascript. Or the way that HTML,
CSS and Javascript interact in order to make webpages dynamic. Looks
like we can also throw in SVG and MathML, though those are not very well
supported by browsers yet.

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