An analyst, however, while saying the specification could yield better Web browsers, said support still is needed.

“DOM Level 2 is the latest rev of this model,” said Ronald Schmelzer, senior analyst at ZapThink, in Waltham, Mass., in an e-mail response to an inquiry.

“While this is important for the developer crowd, the user population as a whole won’t really have much interaction with the DOM. It really is up to Web browser vendors like Microsoft, Mozilla, Opera, and the like to add this functionality to their products. So, we will need to wait until this makes its way into products before we can see any benefit,” he said.

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