Re: SVG in text/html

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.

-- 
Philip Taylor
pjt47@cam.ac.uk

Received on Thursday, 26 March 2009 17:49:35 UTC