Dr. Olaf Hoffmann wrote:
Henri Sivonen:
http://services.philip.html5.org/html-to-xhtml/
I think, this is basically a good example of completely corrupted
HTML - without a form around the textarea there is no action at
all - this provides simply no functionality - looks like a form but is
nonsense.
As far as I'm aware, <textarea> with no <form> is perfectly valid in
HTML 5, and in HTML 4, and in all other versions. The action is just
implemented with scripting and XMLHttpRequest.
The design of the server-side code makes it impossible to use with an
unscripted <form>, because it requires Content-Type: text/html on the
request. That requirement can't be relaxed, because then the service
would be vulnerable to cross-site scripting attacks. The textarea is
just a convenience for people who don't want to use an HTTP client like
curl to access the service.
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Philip Taylor
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