[xquery-talk] DOM level 4

[Michael Kay]

> On 1 Dec 2015, at 13:32, W.S. Hager <wshager at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Perhaps this is not the place to discuss this

Indeed. I can't see any particular relevance to XQuery.


> , but I was quite surprised when I stumbled upon the current DOM level 4 spec, which deprecates 4 node types in respect to XML DOM.
> 
> Are these changes expected to affect XML DOM implementations?
> 

The DOM spec has been hijacked by the HTML crowd, who have no interest in XML at all.

It's probably time we deprecated the whole XML DOM, I find it maddening that beginners still use it in preference to far better models like JDOM2 and XOM, simply because the name "DOM" has brand recognition.

Michael Kay
Saxonica