Editing Document Object Model (section)

==Standards==
[[File:WHATWG DOM.png|thumb|WHATWG DOM]]
The [[W3C]] DOM Working Group published its final recommendation and subsequently disbanded in 2004. Development efforts migrated to the [[WHATWG]], which continues to maintain a living standard.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dom.spec.whatwg.org/|title=DOM Standard|access-date=23 September 2016}}</ref> In 2009, the Web Applications group reorganized DOM activities at the W3C.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.w3.org/DOM/|title=W3C Document Object Model|access-date=23 September 2016}}</ref> In 2013, due to a lack of progress and the impending release of [[HTML5]], the DOM Level 4 specification was reassigned to the [[HTML Working Group]] to expedite its completion.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-html-admin/2013Sep/0129.html|title=New Charter for the HTML Working Group from Philippe Le Hegaret on 2013-09-30 (public-html-admin@w3.org from September 2013)|first=Philippe Le Hegaret|last=(plh@w3.org)|access-date=23 September 2016}}</ref> Meanwhile, in 2015, the Web Applications group was disbanded and DOM stewardship passed to the Web Platform group.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.w3.org/2008/webapps/wiki/PubStatus|title=PubStatus - WEBAPPS|access-date=23 September 2016}}</ref> Beginning with the publication of DOM Level 4 in 2015, the W3C creates new recommendations based on snapshots of the WHATWG standard.

* DOM Level 1 provided a complete model for an entire HTML or [[XML]] document, including the means to change any portion of the document.
* DOM Level 2 was published in late 2000. It introduced the <code>getElementById</code> function as well as an [[DOM Events|event model]] and support for [[XML namespace]]s and CSS.
* DOM Level 3, published in April 2004, added support for [[XPath]] and keyboard [[event handling]], as well as an interface for [[serialization|serializing]] documents as XML.
* HTML5 was published in October 2014.  Part of HTML5 had replaced DOM Level 2 HTML module.
* DOM Level 4 was published in 2015 and retired in November 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.w3.org/standards/history/dom40/|title=W3C DOM4 publication history|date=3 November 2020 |access-date=10 August 2024}}</ref>
* [https://dom.spec.whatwg.org/review-drafts/2020-06/ DOM 2020-06] was published in September 2021 as a W3C Recommendation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.w3.org/standards/history/dom/|title=DOM publication history|date=28 September 2021 |access-date=10 August 2024}}</ref> It is a snapshot of the WHATWG living standard.