[links] Links and javascript

[Yan Seiner]

Karel Kulhavy wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 12, 2007 at 01:04:44PM -0700, Yan Seiner wrote:
>
>   
>> Is there support/interest for adding DOM and then using something like 
>> libsee for javascript?
>>     
>
> Hm I looked at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Document_Object_Model to see
> what the DOM is:
>
> "Document Object Model (DOM) is a platform- and language-independent standard
> object model for representing HTML or XML and related formats."
>
> Now, what is an "object model"? Let's expand the object model term according
> to Wikipedia definition:
>
> "Document Object Model (DOM) are platform- and language-independent standard
> properties of objects in general, in a specific computer programming language,
> technology, notation or methodology that uses them for representing HTML or XML
> and related formats."
>
> The document HTML object is represented in Links memory in a
> platform-independent way, in a specific computer programming language (C). So
> do we actually already have a DOM, just don't call it that way?
>   
Well, DOM is actually a specific implementation....  See 
<http://www.w3.org/DOM/> .  This would let you hook up standard 
javascript engines to links....

--Yan