notationName (W3C DOM Core property)

Spec
Version Depr. Static Read-only
DOM1 No No Yes
Browser support (more…)
IE5.5+ FF3 SA3 OP9+
Full None None Full

Example

<!NOTATION logo SYSTEM "image/gif">
<!ENTITY sitepoint SYSTEM
    "http://www.sitepoint.com/images/new/logo.gif" NDATA logo>

The example above defines a Notation with a corresponding Entity; the notationName of that entity is logo.

Description

The notation name of an unparsed Entity (the value after NDATA in the Notation definition); or null for an unparsed entity.

This property is read-only.

Compatibility

Internet Explorer Firefox Safari Opera
5.5 6.0 7.0 1.5 2.0 3.0 1.3 2.0 3.0 9.0 9.5
Full Full Full None None None None None None Full Full

Only Opera in XHTML mode or XML1 and Internet Explorer in XML is able to retrieve the notationName of an Entity, because those are the only environments in which the root object itself is exposed (see Entity for details).

Footnotes

1 On XHTML pages served as application/xhtml+xml.

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  • Notation
    The Notation interface represents a notation declared in the DTD.

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