If the DOM is language-neutral, what language do you specify the interface in

If the DOM is language-neutral, what language do you specify the interface in?

Answer:

The Object Management Group Interface Definition Language (

OMG

? IDL) was chosen as it was designed for specifying language and implementation-neutral interfaces. Various other IDLs could be used; the use of OMG IDL does not imply a requirement to use a specific object binding runtime.

We expect that the DOM can be implemented using CORBA, COM, or Java Virtual Machine runtime bindings. We expect that many implementations of the DOM will use bindings to various programming languages. The DOM specifies bindings for Java and ECMAScript (the standardization of JavaScript/JScript by the European Computer Manufacturer's Association (ECMA) defined by ECMA-262) as appendices to the specification; other language bindings (for example, ANSI C++, Perl, or VBScript) may be supplied by other interested parties. Obviously it would be good if different implementations in other languages are consistent with each other.