[XML-SIG] copy node to new dom

Fred L. Drake, Jr. fdrake@acm.org
Thu, 25 Oct 2001 14:50:14 -0400


Mike Hostetler writes:
 > 'minidom' is only DOM Level 1 compatible with some Level 2 in it (for
 > some namespace stuff, according to the python documentation).  'importNode'
 > is part of the Level 2 spec.  I'm not sure that 'importNode' belongs to
 > 'minidom'.  But, hey, if you guys want to put it in . . . . =)

  I'd call minidom being "kind of" Level 2 (the namespace stuff) a bug
in itself; it makes more sense to make it a Level 2 DOM.

 > URLs for reference:
 > =======================
 > Explanation of minidom and the DOM standard:
 > 	http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/minidom-and-dom.html
 > 
 > DOM Level 1 spec:
 > 	http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-DOM-Level-1/level-one-core.html
 > 
 > DOM Level 2 spec:
 > 	http://www.w3.org/TR/DOM-Level-2-Core/core.html

  Yeah, I've written a DOM before; I've seen those.  ;-)


  -Fred

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