html - What is the real idea behind the concept of Document Object Model (DOM)? -


i beginner html & html5.
reading through following link, found terms dom , dom api. read through wikipedia, not able digest whole idea behind it.

could explain me :

  • the real idea behind concept of document object model (dom)?
  • how related html5?

thanks,
sen

from wikipedia:

the document object model (dom) cross-platform , language-independent convention representing , interacting objects in html, xhtml , xml documents

simply put, it's how browsers (amongst other clients) represent web documents. dom not specific html5. it's been there get-go.

dom api means how you, programmer, can interact dom. examples might adding elements dom, changing styles, , other common operations on web document.

in context of html5, there several additions dom didn't exist in previous versions of html spec, such <video> , <audio> elements.


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