Advertisements. The Document Object Model (DOM) is an official recommendation of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). It defines an interface that enables programs to access and update the style, structure, and contents of XML documents. XML parsers that support DOM implement this interface.

What is the DOM and why is it used?

The Document Object Model (DOM) is a programming interface for web documents. It represents the page so that programs can change the document structure, style, and content. The DOM represents the document as nodes and objects; that way, programming languages can interact with the page.

What is the difference between DOM and JavaScript?

DOM stands for Document Object Model and, as you could guess from the name, represents the structure of an HTML/XML document in a platform/browser independent way. … JavaScript is a programming language that web browsers can execute. JavaScript can interact with the DOM with DOM scripting.