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Clarification on document tree and DOM tree #1188

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MrHBS opened this issue Apr 20, 2023 · 7 comments
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Clarification on document tree and DOM tree #1188

MrHBS opened this issue Apr 20, 2023 · 7 comments

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MrHBS commented Apr 20, 2023

The document tree and DOM tree are not the same thing, although they are related. The document tree refers to the hierarchical structure of an HTML or XML document. This structure is created by the author and is static. The DOM tree, on the other hand, is a representation of the document tree in memory, created by the browser when the document is loaded.

Is my understanding correct?
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annevk commented Apr 20, 2023

How does this question relate to the DOM Standard?

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MrHBS commented Apr 20, 2023 •
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@annevk Both of these terms are mentioned in the dom spec and I am confused about them.

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annevk commented Apr 20, 2023

There are no hits for "DOM tree" as far as I can tell. What document are you reading?

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MrHBS commented Apr 20, 2023 •
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Hmm you are right. It does not say a “tree”. I probably read it as a DOM tree somewhere else. Now I am even more confused. Thanks anyway

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MrHBS commented Apr 20, 2023

Ah it is mentioned in the HTML spec

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annevk commented Apr 20, 2023

That might be worth cleaning up a bit. I recommend filing an issue against whatwg/html. It should say "node tree" instead.

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MrHBS commented Apr 20, 2023

Done.

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