[whatwg] Dom as Audience Prereq

[Smylers]

Kristof Zelechovski writes:

> Unlike in previous versions, the DOM is the skeleton and the
> underlying model of the specification.

Yup.  But I don't think any more Dom knowledge is needed to read this
version.

> Even if there are sections that do not reference the DOM explicitly, a
> reader that tries to apply them to anything will not probably be able
> to draw the right conclusions without a basic knowledge of the DOM.

I think that an author wanting to know how to use certain elements to
mark up a static document (no scripting) could understand enough of the
relevant sections -- for example the rules on when to use which of
<strong>, <mark>, <b> or providing alt text for images.

Smylers