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@@ -733,7 +733,8 @@
     <ol>
      <li><a href="#the-basic-syntax"><span class="secno">5.1.1 </span>The basic syntax</a></li>
      <li><a href="#typed-items"><span class="secno">5.1.2 </span>Typed items</a></li>
-     <li><a href="#selecting-names-when-defining-vocabularies"><span class="secno">5.1.3 </span>Selecting names when defining vocabularies</a></ol></li>
+     <li><a href="#selecting-names-when-defining-vocabularies"><span class="secno">5.1.3 </span>Selecting names when defining vocabularies</a></li>
+     <li><a href="#using-the-microdata-dom-api"><span class="secno">5.1.4 </span>Using the microdata DOM API</a></ol></li>
    <li><a href="#encoding-microdata"><span class="secno">5.2 </span>Encoding microdata</a>
     <ol>
      <li><a href="#the-microdata-model"><span class="secno">5.2.1 </span>The microdata model</a></li>
@@ -36275,7 +36276,8 @@
 
   </div><p>Properties can also themselves be groups of name-value pairs, by
   putting the <code title="attr-item"><a href="#items:-the-item-attribute">item</a></code> attribute on the
-  element that declares the property.<div class="example">
+  element that declares the property.<p>Items that are not part of others are called <a href="#top-level-microdata-items">top-level
+  microdata items</a>.<div class="example">
 
    <p>In this example, the outer item represents a person, and the
    inner one represents a band:</p>
@@ -36285,10 +36287,13 @@
  &lt;p&gt;Band: &lt;span property="band" item&gt; &lt;span property="name"&gt;Jazz Band&lt;/span&gt; (&lt;span property="size"&gt;12&lt;/span&gt; players)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
 &lt;/div&gt;</pre>
 
-   <p>In this example, the outer item has two properties, "name" and
-   "band". The "name" is "Amanda", and the "band" is an item in its own
-   right, with two properties, "name" and "size". The "name" of the
-   band is "Jazz Band", and the "size" is "12".</p>
+   <p>The outer item here has two properties, "name" and "band". The
+   "name" is "Amanda", and the "band" is an item in its own right,
+   with two properties, "name" and "size". The "name" of the band is
+   "Jazz Band", and the "size" is "12".</p>
+
+   <p>The outer item in this example is a top-level microdata
+   item.</p>
 
   </div><p>Properties don't have to be given as ancestors of the element
   with the <code title="attr-item"><a href="#items:-the-item-attribute">item</a></code> attribute. They can be
@@ -36342,19 +36347,21 @@
   re-used. Microdata is most useful, though, when it is used in
   contexts where other authors and readers are able to cooperate to
   make new uses of the markup.<p>For this purpose, it is necessary to give each <a href="#concept-item" title="concept-item">item</a> a type, such as "person", or "cat",
-  or "band". Types are identified in three ways:<ul class="brief"><li>As <a href="#url" title="URL">URLs</a>
+  or "band". Types are identified in three ways:<ul class="brief"><li>As <a href="#url" title="URL">URLs</a>.
 
    <li>As <a href="#valid-reversed-dns-identifier" title="valid reversed DNS identifier">reversed DNS
-   labels</a>
+   labels</a>.
 
 <!--
-   <li>Using the names of <span>predefined types</span>
+   <li>Using the names of <span>predefined types</span>, which are described below.
 -->
 
   </ul><p><a href="#url" title="URL">URLs</a> are self-explanatory. <a href="#valid-reversed-dns-identifier" title="valid reversed DNS identifier">Reversed DNS labels</a> are
   strings such as "org.example.animals.cat" or "org.example.band".<p>The type for an <a href="#concept-item" title="concept-item">item</a> is given
   as the value of the <code title="attr-item"><a href="#items:-the-item-attribute">item</a></code>
-  attribute.<div class="example">
+  attribute.<p>When using custom typed items, the property names are also given
+  in the form of <a href="#url" title="URL">URLs</a> or <a href="#valid-reversed-dns-identifier" title="valid
+  reversed DNS identifier">reversed DNS labels</a>.<div class="example">
 
    <p>Here, the item is "org.example.animals.cat":</p>
 
@@ -36365,10 +36372,42 @@
  &lt;img property="org.example.img" src="hedral.jpeg" alt="" title="Hedral, age 18 months"&gt;
 &lt;/section&gt;</pre>   
 
-  </div><p>When using custom typed items, the property names are also given
-  in this form.</p><!--
-  <p><span>Predefined types</span> are described below.</p>
---><h4 id="selecting-names-when-defining-vocabularies"><span class="secno">5.1.3 </span>Selecting names when defining vocabularies</h4><p><em>This section is non-normative.</em><p>Using microdata means using a vocabulary. For some purposes, an
+   <p>In this example the "org.example.animals.cat" item has three
+   properties, an "org.example.name" ("Hedral"), an "org.example.desc"
+   ("Hedral is..."), and an "org.example.img" ("hedral.jpeg").</p>
+
+  </div><p>An item can have several types, in the same way that an element
+  can declare several properties at once.<div class="example">
+
+   <p>Here, the item is both an "org.example.animals.cat" and a "com.example.feline":</p>
+
+<pre>&lt;section item="org.example.animal.cat com.example.feline"&gt;
+ &lt;h1 property="org.example.name com.example.fn"&gt;Hedral&lt;/h1&gt;
+ &lt;p property="org.example.desc"&gt;Hedral is a male american domestic
+ shorthair, with a fluffy &lt;span
+ property="com.example.color"&gt;black&lt;/span&gt; fur with &lt;span
+ property="com.example.color"&gt;white&lt;/span&gt; paws and belly.&lt;/p&gt;
+ &lt;img property="org.example.img" src="hedral.jpeg" alt="" title="Hedral, age 18 months"&gt;
+&lt;/section&gt;</pre>   
+
+   <p>This example has one item with two types and the following
+   properties:</p>
+
+   <table><thead><tr><td>Property
+      <td>Value
+    <tbody><tr><td>org.example.name
+      <td>Hedral
+     <tr><td>com.example.fn
+      <td>Hedral
+     <tr><td>org.example.desc
+      <td>Hedral is a male american domestic shorthair, with a fluffy black fur with white paws and belly.
+     <tr><td>com.example.color
+      <td>black
+     <tr><td>com.example.color
+      <td>white
+     <tr><td>org.example.img
+      <td>.../hedral.jpeg
+   </table></div><h4 id="selecting-names-when-defining-vocabularies"><span class="secno">5.1.3 </span>Selecting names when defining vocabularies</h4><p><em>This section is non-normative.</em><p>Using microdata means using a vocabulary. For some purposes, an
   ad-hoc vocabulary is adequate. For others, a vocabulary will need to
   be designed. Where possible, authors are encouraged to re-use
   existing vocabularies, as this makes content re-use easier.<p>When designing new vocabularies, identifiers can be created
@@ -36385,7 +36424,28 @@
    could select identifiers of the form "com.example.jon.name" and
    "com.example.adam.name" respectively.</p>
 
-  </div><h3 id="encoding-microdata"><span class="secno">5.2 </span>Encoding microdata</h3><h4 id="the-microdata-model"><span class="secno">5.2.1 </span>The microdata model</h4><p>The microdata model consists of groups of name-value pairs known
+  </div><h4 id="using-the-microdata-dom-api"><span class="secno">5.1.4 </span>Using the microdata DOM API</h4><p>The microdata becomes even more useful when scripts can use it to
+  expose information to the user, for example offering it in a form
+  that can be used by other applications.<p>The <code title="dom-document-items"><a href="#dom-document-items">document.items</a></code> DOM
+  attribute provides access to all the <a href="#top-level-microdata-items">top-level microdata
+  items</a>.<p>Each <a href="#concept-item" title="concept-item">item</a> is represented in the
+  DOM by the element on which the relevant <code title="attr-item"><a href="#items:-the-item-attribute">item</a></code> attribute is found. The various types
+  that the element has can be obtained using the <code title="dom-item"><a href="#dom-item">element.item</a></code> DOM attribute, which returns a
+  <code><a href="#domsettabletokenlist-0">DOMSettableTokenList</a></code> object.<div class="example">
+
+   <p>This sample code shows a function that returns all the top-level
+   microdata items of the type that it is passed:</p>
+
+   <pre>function getItems(type) {
+  var result = [];
+  for (var i = 0; i 
+
+   <p>This function can be used to get all the "com.example.feline"
+   items as follows:</p>
+
+   <pre>var cats = getItems("com.example.feline");</pre>
+
+  </pre></div><!-- XXX ... --><h3 id="encoding-microdata"><span class="secno">5.2 </span>Encoding microdata</h3><h4 id="the-microdata-model"><span class="secno">5.2.1 </span>The microdata model</h4><p>The microdata model consists of groups of name-value pairs known
   as <dfn id="concept-item" title="concept-item">items</dfn>.<p>Each group has zero or more types, each name has one or more
   values, and each value is either a string or another group of
   name-value pairs.<h4 id="items:-the-item-attribute"><span class="secno">5.2.2 </span>Items: the <dfn title="attr-item"><code>item</code></dfn> attribute</h4><p>Every <a href="#html-elements" title="HTML elements">HTML element</a> may have an

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