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From: Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn on 8 Jan 2010 08:00
Dr J R Stockton wrote:

> FAQ server posted:
>> The Document Object Model (DOM) is a interface-based model for `
>> Document` objects. The DOM allows scripts to dynamically access and
>> update a document's content, style, and event handlers.
>>
>> The DOM is _not_ part of the ECMAScript programming language.
>
> Above : "The" should be "A".

No. "The DOM" refers to whatever DOM implementation it means in the
context of a task, not necessarily one of the W3C DOM.

>> Official DOM standards are defined by the World Wide Web Consortium.
>
> Since this is a JavaScript FAQ and not a BrowserScript FAQ, that
> sentence, which might readily be taken to mean DOM standards for all
> purposes, is inappropriate. Remember : JavaScript needs a DOM, and is
> not a Web-only language.
>
> DOM standards for browsers are defined by the World Wide Web Consortium.
> /or/ The World Wide Web Consortium defines DOM standards for browsers.

No, the W3C DOM specifies a language- and platform-independent API. Start
with looking into the DOM classes in PHP 5, usable client-side and server-
side, which implement these interfaces.


PointedEars
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var bugRiddenCrashPronePieceOfJunk = (
navigator.userAgent.indexOf('MSIE 5') != -1
&& navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Mac') != -1
) // Plone, register_function.js:16
From: Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn on 8 Jan 2010 08:08
Garrett Smith wrote:

> Dr J R Stockton wrote:
>> Garrett Smith posted:
>>> | Scriptable browsers have proprietary object models (MSDN, MDC), that
>>> | include many other features (window, screen, document.execCommand).
>>
>> Every acronym in the FAQ needs to be explained, either at first use or
>> in a glossary.
>
> <abbr title="Microsoft Developer Network">MSDN</abbr>

MSDN (MicroSoft Developer Network) is an acronym¹, not just any
abbreviation. Use the ACRONYM element here instead.


PointedEars
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¹ <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acronym>; see also the references there.
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realism: HTML 4.01 Strict
evangelism: XHTML 1.0 Strict
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-- Bjoern Hoehrmann
From: JR on 8 Jan 2010 21:41
On Jan 8, 11:08 am, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedE...(a)web.de>
wrote:
> Garrett Smith wrote:
> > Dr J R Stockton wrote:
> >> Garrett Smith posted:
> >>> | Scriptable browsers have proprietary object models (MSDN, MDC), that
> >>> | include many other features (window, screen, document.execCommand).
>
> >> Every acronym in the FAQ needs to be explained, either at first use or
> >> in a glossary.
>
> >    <abbr title="Microsoft Developer Network">MSDN</abbr>
>
> MSDN (MicroSoft Developer Network) is an acronym¹, not just any
> abbreviation.  Use the ACRONYM element here instead.

The abbr element represents an abbreviation or acronym in HTML 5:
http://dev.w3.org/html5/markup/abbr.html
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