- From: Sam Dutton <Sam.Dutton@bbc.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:43:57 +0100
What's the audience for this section? (Apologies if this has been covered elsewhere.) If the intended readers are new to HTML, as implied, then technical words and concepts shouldn't be introduced without explanation. For example: >> The tree formed by an HTML document in this way is turned into a DOM tree when parsed. << DOM has not been explained at this point and won't mean anything to a novice. (Neither will 'tree' or 'parsed', I guess.) >> This DOM tree can then be manipulated from scripts. << Might be good to explain what 'scripts' means. (Would it hurt to say something like 'scripting languages such as JavaScript'? Still a bit vague.) >> Since DOM trees are the "live" representation of an HTML document << What does 'live' mean in this context? >> ... instead of the serialisation described above. Each element in the DOM tree is represented by an object, and thus objects have APIs ... << Again, novices won't understand 'serialisation', 'represented by an object' or 'APIs'. Sam Dutton http://www.bbc.co.uk/ This e-mail (and any attachments) is confidential and may contain personal views which are not the views of the BBC unless specifically stated. If you have received it in error, please delete it from your system. Do not use, copy or disclose the information in any way nor act in reliance on it and notify the sender immediately. Please note that the BBC monitors e-mails sent or received. Further communication will signify your consent to this.
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