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==Implementations==

Because the DOM supports navigation in any direction (e.g., parent and previous sibling) and allows for arbitrary modifications, implementations typically buffer the document.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HuSQGrRY7F4C|title=Ajax Black Book, New Edition (With Cd)|last=Kogent Solutions Inc.|publisher=Dreamtech Press|year=2008|isbn=978-8177228380|pages=40}}</ref> However, a DOM need not originate in a serialized document at all, but can be created in place with the DOM API. Also,And thereeven havebefore beenthe implementationsidea evenof beforethe DOM itselforiginated, there were implementations of equivalent structure with persistent disk representation and rapid access, for example [[DynaText]]'s model disclosed in <ref>{{cite patent| country = USA| number = 5557722A| invent1 = Steven DeRose| invent2 = Jeffrey Vogel| status = Expired| title = Data processing system and method for representing, generating a representation of and random access rendering of electronic documents | pubdate = 1996-09-17}}</ref> and various database approaches.

===Layout engines===