# whatwg/dom

DOM Standard

Repository: https://github.com/whatwg/dom
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/dom
Homepage: https://dom.spec.whatwg.org/
Language: HTML
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: whatwg, dom, standard
Last push: 2026-08-25T06:07:15+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 77/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5118, "days_push": 8, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1730, forks 338 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:28.564268+00:00)

## What it is
The WHATWG DOM Standard, the living specification defining the platform-neutral Document Object Model for events, aborting activities, and node trees. The repository hosts the source (dom.bs) used to build the published standard, along with contribution guidelines and test integration with web-platform-tests.

## Use cases
- look up how DOM events and node trees are specified
- contribute fixes or new features to the DOM spec
- understand normative behavior of document.querySelector and related APIs
- check how browsers should implement DOM APIs
- find the test suite for DOM behavior in web-platform-tests

## When to choose
- you need the authoritative, normative definition of DOM behavior
- you are implementing a browser engine or DOM library
- you want to propose or review changes to web platform DOM APIs

## When to avoid
- you want a runnable DOM implementation or library rather than a specification
- you need tutorials or beginner documentation for using the DOM in web pages

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: documentation, parser
- domain: web-development, documentation, apis
- platform: browser
- tags: specification, living-standard, dom, whatwg, standards, web-server

## Member repositories
- whatwg/dom (main) score 77

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:28.564268+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:31:45.928995+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/whatwg/dom (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:28.564268+00:00, sha 79ac2bbac72b)
  - homepage: https://dom.spec.whatwg.org/ (fetched 2026-08-29T11:08:39.038189+00:00, sha c894d3cb2fb8)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.