RE: Attributes and ownerDocument

I would have thought that ownerDocument should be non-null,
so that the Attribute can readily clone itself. However, this is
probably my COM bias talking again...

Alfie.

> ----------
> From: 	msabin@cromwellmedia.co.uk
> Sent: 	07 September 1998 15:25
> To: 	www-dom@w3.org
> Subject: 	Attributes and ownerDocument
> 
> According to PR-DOM-Level-1-19980818,
> 
>   DOM Attribute objects inherit the Node interface, but 
>   since they are not actually child nodes of the element 
>   they describe, the DOM does not consider them part of 
>   the document tree.
> 
> If it weren't for the fact that the immediately following sentence,
> 
>   Thus, the Node attributes parentNode, previousSibling,
>   and nextSibling have a null value for Attribute objects. 
> 
> doesn't mention ownerDocument I would have assumed that not being 'part
> of the document tree' would imply that this attribute would be null too.
> 
> Can anyone reassure me that a null value would be conforming?
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> 
> Miles
>