RE: [xml-dev] DOM's javascript roots (was Re: [xml-dev] Have JDOM/ XOM / etc. failed?)

> But the DOM will always be familiar to the
> programmer.  Practically everyone can agree that is a Good 
> Thing 

No, if the consequence is that the interface invents its own concepts for
strings, lists, iterators, and maps, then a cross-language API is a really
Bad Thing. It's not the worst thing about DOM (far worse is the namespace
handling), but it's one of the constant irritations.

Michael Kay
http://www.saxonica.com/