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). This library parses XML code and converts it into an object that can be manipulated with the DOM
Document Object Model
The Document Object Model is a cross-platform and language-independent convention for representing and interacting with objects in HTML, XHTML and XML documents. Aspects of the DOM may be addressed and manipulated within the syntax of the programming language in use...
Level 3 standard API (W3C). It was released in March 2009 on the Google Code
Google Code
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The Mozilla Public License is a free and open source software license. Version 1.0 was developed by Mitchell Baker when she worked as a lawyer at Netscape Communications Corporation and version 1.1 at the Mozilla Foundation...
The Mozilla Public License is a free and open source software license. Version 1.0 was developed by Mitchell Baker when she worked as a lawyer at Netscape Communications Corporation and version 1.1 at the Mozilla Foundation...
1.1
No external runtime required
Usable with any JavaScript 1.4+ engine
DOM Level 3 Compliant
Non-validating XML Parser
Syntax checking
Well-form checking
API that is easy to learn and use
Future development
Support for every Non-validating XML 1.0 feature (Entities, Attlists, Notations etc.)
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(XML specifications)
Download
The latest version of CougarXML is downloadable from the Google Code Project Hosting.
it is also possible to use the SVN version to get the actual code:
