NIST The "removeNamedItemNS(namespaceURI,localName)" method for a NamedNodeMap should raise NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR DOMException if this map is readonly. Retrieve a list of "gender" elements. Get access to the THIRD element which contains an ENTITY_REFERENCE child node. Try to remove the attribute in the node's map with method removeNamedItemNS(namespaceURI,localName). This should result in NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR DOMException. Mary Brady 2001-08-17