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The '''Document Object Model''' (DOM) is an object-oriented language-neutral formal model of the structure of an [[HTML]] web page or an [[XML]] document.

In effect, the DOM is an [[ApplicationAppication Programming Interface|API]] for dynamically accessing, adding and changing structured content in documents with languages such as [[ECMAScript programming language|ECMAScript]] (Javascript).

The custodian of the DOM is the [[World Wide Web Consortium]] (W3C). However, [[Microsoft]] has notably added its own extension to the DOM, creating inter-operability problems for [[web browser]]s.