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Re: CDATA by any other name... (was The raw and the cooked)

• From: John Cowan <cowan@l...>
• To: XML Dev <xml-dev@i...>
• Date: Mon, 02 Nov 1998 10:28:52 -0500

Paul Prescod wrote:

> Is there a standard way for the DOM client software to say whether it
> wants access to CDATA sections or not?

No.  In fact, the DOM level 1 does not define any API for the
creator, only for the accessor.  You can add elements and other
things, but you can't create or populate a DOM using only the
standard API.

DOM Level 1 is an ugly mess, and the only justification for it
is to keep Netscape and Microsoft from implementing even uglier
incompatible DOMs.

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