# Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 Events Specification

## Version 1.0

## W3C Recommendation 13 November, 2000

This version:
  http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/REC-DOM-Level-2-Events-20001113
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Latest version:
  http://www.w3.org/TR/DOM-Level-2-Events
Previous version:
  http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/PR-DOM-Level-2-Events-20000927

Editors:
  Tom Pixley, Netscape Communications Corp.

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## Abstract

This specification defines the Document Object Model Level 2 Events, a platform- and language-neutral interface that gives to programs and scripts a generic event system. The Document Object Model Level 2 Events builds on the Document Object Model Level 2 Core [DOM Level 2 Core] and on Document Object Model Level 2 Views [DOM Level 2 Views].

## Status of this document

This section describes the status of this document at the time of its publication. Other documents may supersede this document. The latest status of this document series is maintained at the W3C.

This document has been reviewed by W3C Members and other interested parties and has been endorsed by the Director as a W3C Recommendation. It is a stable document and may be used as reference material or cited as a normative reference from another document. W3C's role in making the Recommendation is to draw attention to the specification and to promote its widespread deployment. This enhances the functionality and interoperability of the Web.

This document has been produced as part of the W3C DOM Activity. The authors of this document are the DOM Working Group members. Different modules of the Document Object Model have different editors.

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The English version of this specification is the only normative version. Information about translations of this document is available at http://www.w3.org/2000/11/DOM-Level-2-translations.

The list of known errors in this document is available at http://www.w3.org/2000/11/DOM-Level-2-errata

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