Re: attributes without values
Ashish Agarwal <[email protected]> Mon, 5 May 2014 09:25:27 -0400
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--===============2209128880366604664== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a11c32276c0d4c704f8a71102 --001a11c32276c0d4c704f8a71102 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 The HTML5 reference [1] states that attribute values can be omitted, and that this is equivalent to giving the empty string as the value. I can't seem to find the rules in the HTML4 spec [2]. Does Nethtml allow specifying which version of HTML is being parsed/printed? If the spec has changed, I'm not sure how you want to handle the conflict. [1] http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/syntax.html#attributes-0 [2] http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/ On Sun, May 4, 2014 at 4:40 PM, Gerd Stolpmann <[email protected]>wrote: > The parser does so because the HTML-4 standard (don't know whether > HTML-5 changed this) explicitly specifies that a value-less attribute > must be handled like this. > > Maybe that should be configurable. The spec could go into the dtd, and > it would just include all standard cases, so that attributes outside the > standard are not affected. > > Gerd > > Am Freitag, den 02.05.2014, 17:06 -0400 schrieb Ashish Agarwal: > > Html like "<div data-id></div>" gets parsed as: > > > > Nethtml.Element ("div", [("data-id", "data-id")], []) > > > > > > The value is set to the attribute name, which seems wrong. The correct > > solution would be to change the type of an element so that values are > > `string option`, but I'm guessing that's infeasible. Alternatively, > > the parser should set the value to the empty string. > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > "Accelerate Dev Cycles with Automated Cross-Browser Testing - For FREE > > Instantly run your Selenium tests across 300+ browser/OS combos. Get > > unparalleled scalability from the best Selenium testing platform > available. > > Simple to use. Nothing to install. Get started now for free." > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/SauceLabs > > _______________________________________________ > > Ocamlnet-devel mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ocamlnet-devel > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------ > Gerd Stolpmann, Darmstadt, Germany [email protected] > My OCaml site: http://www.camlcity.org > Contact details: http://www.camlcity.org/contact.html > Company homepage: http://www.gerd-stolpmann.de > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > > --001a11c32276c0d4c704f8a71102 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr">The HTML5 reference [1] states that attribute values can b= e omitted, and that this is equivalent to giving the empty string as the va= lue. I can't seem to find the rules in the HTML4 spec [2]. Does Nethtml= allow specifying which version of HTML is being parsed/printed? If the spe= c has changed, I'm not sure how you want to handle the conflict.<div> <br></div><div><div>[1]=C2=A0<a href=3D"http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/syntax.h= tml#attributes-0">http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/syntax.html#attributes-0</a></= div><div>[2]=C2=A0<a href=3D"http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/">http://www.w3.o= rg/TR/html401/</a></div> <div><br></div></div></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><br><div class=3D= "gmail_quote">On Sun, May 4, 2014 at 4:40 PM, Gerd Stolpmann <span dir=3D"l= tr"><<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">info@ge= rd-stolpmann.de</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p= x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">The parser does so because the HTML-4 standa= rd (don't know whether<br> HTML-5 changed this) explicitly specifies that a value-less attribute<br> must be handled like this.<br> <br> Maybe that should be configurable. The spec could go into the dtd, and<br> it would just include all standard cases, so that attributes outside the<br= > standard are not affected.<br> <br> Gerd<br> <br> Am Freitag, den 02.05.2014, 17:06 -0400 schrieb Ashish Agarwal:<br> <div><div class=3D"h5">> Html like "<div data-id></div>= " gets parsed as:<br> ><br> > Nethtml.Element ("div", [("data-id", "data-id= ")], [])<br> ><br> ><br> > The value is set to the attribute name, which seems wrong. The correct= <br> > solution would be to change the type of an element so that values are<= br> > `string option`, but I'm guessing that's infeasible. Alternati= vely,<br> > the parser should set the value to the empty string.<br> ><br> ><br> </div></div>> ----------------------------------------------------------= --------------------<br> > "Accelerate Dev Cycles with Automated Cross-Browser Testing - For= FREE<br> > Instantly run your Selenium tests across 300+ browser/OS combos. =C2= =A0Get<br> > unparalleled scalability from the best Selenium testing platform avail= able.<br> > Simple to use. Nothing to install. Get started now for free."<br> > <a href=3D"http://p.sf.net/sfu/SauceLabs" target=3D"_blank">http://p.s= f.net/sfu/SauceLabs</a><br> > _______________________________________________<br> > Ocamlnet-devel mailing list<br> > <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">Ocamlnet-devel= @lists.sourceforge.net</a><br> > <a href=3D"https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ocamlnet-devel= " target=3D"_blank">https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ocamlnet-d= evel</a><br> <span class=3D"HOEnZb"><font color=3D"#888888"><br> --<br> ------------------------------------------------------------<br> Gerd Stolpmann, Darmstadt, Germany =C2=A0 =C2=A0<a href=3D"mailto:gerd@gerd= -stolpmann.de">[email protected]</a><br> My OCaml site: =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0<a href=3D"http://www.caml= city.org" target=3D"_blank">http://www.camlcity.org</a><br> Contact details: =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0<a href=3D"http://www.camlcity.= org/contact.html" target=3D"_blank">http://www.camlcity.org/contact.html</a= ><br> Company homepage: =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 <a href=3D"http://www.gerd-stolpmann= .de" target=3D"_blank">http://www.gerd-stolpmann.de</a><br> ------------------------------------------------------------<br> <br> <br> </font></span></blockquote></div><br></div> --001a11c32276c0d4c704f8a71102-- --===============2209128880366604664== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Is your legacy SCM system holding you back? 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