IBM The importNode method imports a node from another document to this document. The returned node has no parent; (parentNode is null). The source node is not altered or removed from the original document but a new copy of the source node is created. Using the method importNode with deep=true/false, import two notaiton nodes into the same and different documnet objects. In each case check if valid public and systemids are returned if any and if none, check if a null value was returned. Neil Delima 2002-04-30