This specification describes a method of combining multiple DOM trees into one hierarchy and how these trees interact with each other within a document, thus enabling better composition of the DOM.

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Shadow DOM specification is being incorporated into to the DOM specification, HTML specification, CSS Scoping Module Level 1, UI Events specification, and other relevant specifications.

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