JavaScript: The Definitive Guide, Fourth Edition

Name

Notation — a notation in an XML DTD

Availability

DOM Level 1 XML

Inherits from/Overrides

Node → Notation

Properties

readonly String publicId

The public identifier of the notation, or null if none is specified.

readonly String systemId

The system identifier of the notation, or null if none is specified.

Description

This infrequently used interface represents a notation declaration in the document type definition (DTD) of an XML document. In XML, notations are used to specify the format of an unparsed entity or to formally declare a processing instruction target.

The name of the notation is specified by the inherited nodeName property. Because notations appear in the DTD and not the document itself, Notation nodes are never part of the document tree, and the parentNode property is always null. The notations property of the DocumentType interface provides a way to look up Notation objects by notation name.

Notation objects are read-only and cannot be modified in any way.

See Also

DocumentType