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[For your information] Janet Daly wrote: > > W3C is pleased to announce that the Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 > has become a W3C Recommendation. > > DOM Level 2 has five components: > > Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 Core Specification > Version 1.0 > 13 November 2000 > http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/REC-DOM-Level-2-Core-20001113/ > Editors: > Arnaud Le Hors, W3C team contact until > October 1999, then IBM > Philippe Le Hégaret, W3C, team contact > (from November 1999) > Lauren Wood, SoftQuad Software Inc., WG Chair > Gavin Nicol, Inso EPS (for DOM Level 1) > Jonathan Robie, Texcel Research and Software AG > (for DOM Level 1) > Mike Champion, ArborText and Software AG > (for DOM Level 1 from November 20, 1997) > Steve Byrne, JavaSoft (for DOM Level 1 until > November 19, 1997) > > Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 Style Specification > Version 1.0 > 13 November 2000 > http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/REC-DOM-Level-2-Style-20001113/ > Editors: > Chris Wilson, Microsoft Corp. > Philippe Le Hégaret, W3C, team contact (from November 1999) > Vidur Apparao, Netscape Communications Corp. > > Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 Events Specification > Version 1.0 > 13 November 2000 > http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/REC-DOM-Level-2-Events-20001113/ > Editors: > Tom Pixley, Netscape Communications Corp. > > Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 Views Specification > Version 1.0 > 13 November 2000 > http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/REC-DOM-Level-2-Views-20001113/ > Editors: > Arnaud Le Hors, W3C team contact until October 1999, then IBM > Laurence Cable, Sun Microsystems > > Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 Traversal and Range > Specification > Version 1.0 > 13 November 2000 > http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/REC-DOM-Level-2-Traversal-Range-20001113/ > Editors: > Joe Kesselman, IBM > Jonathan Robie, Texcel Research and Software AG > Mike Champion, Arbortext and Software AG > Peter Sharpe, SoftQuad Software Inc. > Vidur Apparao, Netscape Communications Corp. > Lauren Wood, SoftQuad Software Inc., WG Chair > > Results of Proposed Recommendation Call for Review > > During the Proposed Recommendation Call for Review period, all reviews > supported the 6 DOM Level 2 documents to advance to Recommendation. > After the deadline, however, two sets of comments came in concerning the > DOM Level 2 HTML specification. Both endorsed the advancement of > the other 5 specifications, and were willing to see the DOM Level 2 HTML > document to advance, although they had concerns about backwards compatibility. > > One other comment was made regarding the package name in the language > bindings. The Working Group addressed this issue and made a resolution > on that issue during the development of Working Drafts; and reminded the > commenter of this decision. > > After reviewing the comments and considering the possible options, the > Director chose to advance all but the DOM Level 2 HTML Specification to > W3C Recommendation. The DOM Level 2 HTML Specification is now published > as a Last Call Working Draft, to allow the W3C Working Groups to review > it and for the Working Group to determine that compatibility issues are > well addressed with the new version and that existing applications gain > real benefits from the change, with the goal of resuming the W3C > Recommendation track. > > The DOM Level 2 HTML Specification may be found at: > > http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/WD-DOM-Level-2-HTML-20001113 > > Description of what Recommendation means > > W3C Process Document, Section 6.2.5 > http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Process/Process-19991111/tr.html#RecsW3C > > Requirements for Entrance > Director approval based on Advisory Committee review. > > Associated Activities > Management of errata and clarification if necessary. > > Duration > Indefinite. > > Next State > Not applicable, though the document may be superseded. > > A Recommendation reflects consensus within W3C, as indicated by the > Director's approval. W3C considers that the ideas or technology > specified by a Recommendation are appropriate for widespread deployment > and promote W3C's mission. W3C will make every effort to maintain its > Recommendations (e.g., by tracking errata, providing testbed > applications, helping to create test suites, etc.) and to encourage > widespread implementation. > > Status of the Document > > All five DOM Level 2 Recommendations share the same Status section, as follows: > > This section describes the status of this document at the time of its > publication. Other documents may supersede this document. The latest > status of this document series is maintained at the W3C. > > This document has been reviewed by W3C Members and other interested > parties and has been endorsed by the Director as a W3C Recommendation. > It is a stable document and may be used as reference material or cited > as a normative reference from another document. W3C's role in making the > Recommendation is to draw attention to the specification and to promote > its widespread deployment. This enhances the functionality and > interoperability of the Web. > > This document has been produced as part of the W3C DOM Activity. The > authors of this document are the DOM Working Group members. Different > modules of the Document Object Model have different editors. > > Please send general comments about this document to the public mailing > list www-dom@w.... An archive is available at http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-dom/. > > The English version of this specification is the only normative version. > Information about translations of this document is available at http://www.w3.org/2000/11/DOM-Level-2-translations. > > The list of known errors in this document is available at http://www.w3.org/2000/11/DOM-Level-2-errata > > A list of current W3C Recommendations and other technical documents can > be found at http://www.w3.org/TR. > > Please join us in congratulating the DOM Working Group on their achievement. > > For Tim Berners-Lee, Director, W3C; > Janet Daly, Head of Communications -- Philippe Le Hegaret - http://www.w3.org/People/LeHegaret/ World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), DOM Activity Lead
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