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XML DOM Introduction
The XML Document Object Model defines a standard way for accessing and manipulating XML documents. What You Should Already KnowBefore you continue you should have a basic understanding of the following:
If you want to study these subjects first, find the tutorials on our Home page. What is the DOM?"The W3C Document Object Model (DOM) is a platform and language-neutral interface that allows programs and scripts to dynamically access and update the content, structure, and style of a document." The W3C DOM provides a standard set of objects for HTML and XML documents, and a standard interface for accessing and manipulating them. The W3C DOM is separated into different parts (Core, XML, and HTML) and different levels (DOM Level 1/2/3):
You can read more about the W3C DOM specifications / levels in our W3C tutorial. What is the XML DOM?
The DOM views XML documents as a tree-structure. All elements; their containing text and their attributes, can be accessed through the DOM tree. Their contents can be modified or deleted, and new elements can be created. The elements, their text, and their attributes are all known as nodes.
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