- Arnaud Le Hors, W3C - Robert S. Sutor, IBM Research (for DOM
Level 1) Several of the following term definitions have been
borrowed or modified from similar definitions in other W3C or
standards documents. See the links within the definitions for
more information. - 16-bit unit - The base unit of a DOMString.
This indicates that indexing on a DOMString occurs in units of
16 bits. This must not be misunderstood to mean that a can store
arbitrary 16-bit units. A DOMString is a character string
encoded in UTF-16; this means that the restrictions of UTF-16 as
well as the other relevant restrictions on character strings
must be maintained. A single character, for example in the form
of a numeric character reference, may correspond to one or two
16-bit units. - An ancestor node of any node A is any node above
A in a tree model, where "above" means "toward the root." - An
API is an Application Programming Interface, a set of functions
or methods used to access some - anonymous type name An
anonymous type name is an