Re: [cgmo-webcgm] WDOM Version? [was Re: [cgmo-webcgm] 5.7.2 getAppName() and getAppVersion()]

[Lofton Henderson <lofton@rockynet.com>]

It sound like, for pragmatic reasons, we probably don't need to worry about it.

If WebCGM gets processed in W3C, is it (hasFeature) something whose lack 
would draw flack?  Or does the small size of WDOM, and its monolithic 
conformance requirements, cover us reasonably?

-Lofton.

At 08:36 AM 8/2/2005 -0400, Benoit Bezaire wrote:
>Hi Lofton,
>
>There's a hasFeature in the DOMImplementation interface,
>http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/REC-DOM-Level-3-Core-20040407/core.html#ID-5CED94D7
>
>Although the intention is good, it is rarely used. Script writers
>don't go into the trouble querying the implementation; or the
>implementation is not accurate about its feature set.
>
>Most script out there will simply do 'if IE > 5.5' or 'Netscape > 7.0'
>then ...
>
>--
>  Benoit   mailto:benoit@itedo.com
>
>
>Monday, August 1, 2005, 10:33:21 AM, Lofton wrote:
>
>LH> This raises an interesting question.  How does an application know the
>LH> version of the WDOM standard that the underlying implementation
>LH> supports?  E.g., how does an app. figure out if it is dealing with 
>WDOM 2.0
>LH> or WDOM 2.1 (which might add some interfaces or properties or ...), and
>LH> maybe include conditional code accordingly?
>
>LH> Okay, the information might be implicit in getAppVersion, but that is
>LH> implementation-dependent.  I'm wondering if there is, or should be, an
>LH> implementation-independent way.
>
>LH> I haven't checked DOM2 or DOM3, or SVG DOM.  Does anyone know offhand, how
>LH> (or if) they deal with it?
>
>LH> -Lofton.
>
>LH> At 02:55 PM 7/7/2005 -0700, Galt, Stuart A wrote:
> >>Hello,
> >>
> >>Here is my first cut at 5.7.2 Comments and/or feedback welcome. I was
> >>not sure if we wanted the getAppName() and getAppVersion() to throw an
> >>exception or not, but it is easier to delete the text than to write it.
> >>
> >>Thanks,
> >>Stuart Galt.
> >>
> >>--
> >>Stuart Galt
> >>SGML Resource Group
> >>stuart.a.galt@boeing.com
> >>(206) 544-9925