[Prototype-core] Re: proposal: function to validate HTML
Thanks for your suggestion. This would be quite an undertaking… and falls completely out of the scope of Prototype, so it's certainly something that won't make it's way into Prototype Core. Sorry for the bad news! Best, Tobie -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Prototype: Core" group. To post to this group, send email to prototype-core@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to prototype-core-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/prototype-core?hl=en
Re: [Prototype-core] Re: proposal: function to validate HTML
I agree with T.J.
Allen Madsen
http://www.allenmadsen.com
On Sat, May 8, 2010 at 2:07 AM, T.J. Crowder wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Validating HTML against a DOCTYPE is a non-trivial task, and it should
> be (IMHO) an authoring-time task (using tools like the W3C
> Validator[1]) rather than a runtime task, where Prototype is mostly
> focussed on the latter. So I don't see adding this to Prototype. (This
> is just my opinion; I'm not a core dev, I don't make decisions for the
> project).
>
> If you're receiving HTML from an external source at runtime, I can see
> the desire to validate it. For that kind of thing, you may want to
> integrate with one of the validation services out there (there's a
> short list here[2]) and/or look into mod_validator[3] for Apache.
>
> [1] http://validator.w3.org/
> [2] http://validator.w3.org/docs/help.html#others
> [3] http://apache.webthing.com/mod_validator/
>
> HTH,
> --
> T.J. Crowder
> Independent Software Consultant
> tj / crowder software / com
> www.crowdersoftware.com
>
> On May 6, 12:33 pm, walther diechmann
> wrote:
>> on the rebound from a 'tour de force' of W3C specs pertaining to the
>> DOCTYPE and it's cripling effects on IE's (not) handling improperly
>> written input tags I was wondering:
>>
>> Given I have a HTML string
>> When I call Object.validate( html_string [, doc_type])
>> Then I can see whether the HTML string is valid
>>
>> { errors_count: 2, warnings_count: 1, errors: { 1: { line: 5, short:
>> 'short description', help: URL }, 2: {}}, warnings: { 1: { } } } =
>> Object.validate( string [, string] )
>>
>> with URL being a link to the non conformancy related W3C document/
>> chapter/paragraph
>>
>> Just a thought :)
>>
>> BTW: You could - using the validate method - build validation into
>> methods like Element#replace and #update, when supplying an option or
>> argument...
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Walther
>>
>> ps. I'm in way pointing my fingers at IE which (in this case) turns
>> out to be the exemplary scholar in class, sticking to the standards
>> entirely!
>>
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[Prototype-core] Re: proposal: function to validate HTML
Hi,
Validating HTML against a DOCTYPE is a non-trivial task, and it should
be (IMHO) an authoring-time task (using tools like the W3C
Validator[1]) rather than a runtime task, where Prototype is mostly
focussed on the latter. So I don't see adding this to Prototype. (This
is just my opinion; I'm not a core dev, I don't make decisions for the
project).
If you're receiving HTML from an external source at runtime, I can see
the desire to validate it. For that kind of thing, you may want to
integrate with one of the validation services out there (there's a
short list here[2]) and/or look into mod_validator[3] for Apache.
[1] http://validator.w3.org/
[2] http://validator.w3.org/docs/help.html#others
[3] http://apache.webthing.com/mod_validator/
HTH,
--
T.J. Crowder
Independent Software Consultant
tj / crowder software / com
www.crowdersoftware.com
On May 6, 12:33 pm, walther diechmann
wrote:
> on the rebound from a 'tour de force' of W3C specs pertaining to the
> DOCTYPE and it's cripling effects on IE's (not) handling improperly
> written input tags I was wondering:
>
> Given I have a HTML string
> When I call Object.validate( html_string [, doc_type])
> Then I can see whether the HTML string is valid
>
> { errors_count: 2, warnings_count: 1, errors: { 1: { line: 5, short:
> 'short description', help: URL }, 2: {}}, warnings: { 1: { } } } =
> Object.validate( string [, string] )
>
> with URL being a link to the non conformancy related W3C document/
> chapter/paragraph
>
> Just a thought :)
>
> BTW: You could - using the validate method - build validation into
> methods like Element#replace and #update, when supplying an option or
> argument...
>
> Cheers,
> Walther
>
> ps. I'm in way pointing my fingers at IE which (in this case) turns
> out to be the exemplary scholar in class, sticking to the standards
> entirely!
>
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