RE: Using existing staff.xml based tests with HTML processors

Sure. I'll come back on Monday with drafts of an XML file and XML Schema.

Manos

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mary Brady [mailto:mbrady@nist.gov] 
> Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 3:00 PM
> To: Manos Batsis
> Cc: www-dom-ts@w3.org
> Subject: Re: Using existing staff.xml based tests with HTML processors
> 
> 
> Can you take a look at the existing files, under
> /level1/core/files and give it a try?
> 
> --Mary
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Manos Batsis" <m.batsis@bsnet.gr>
> To: "Mary Brady" <mbrady@nist.gov>
> Cc: <www-dom-ts@w3.org>
> Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 7:49 AM
> Subject: RE: Using existing staff.xml based tests with HTML processors
> 
> 
> >
> >
> > > From: Mary Brady [mailto:mbrady@nist.gov]
> >
> > > Would this approach require that all processors would 
> have to support
> > > XHTML Modularization?
> >
> > XHTML m12n is not something that a processor supports 
> explicitly; as with
> any XML vocabulary, it depends on your needs.
> >
> > A browser for example can display an extended XHTML 
> document by treating
> known XHTML elements as usual while determining the display 
> of the rest
> based on style (CSS) or some default handling rules (i.e. 
> display the text
> contained in them). Validation is not mandatory.
> >
> > Something more critical can validate such a document using 
> a DTD or Schema
> that contains the XHTML modules along with the custom modules.
> >
> > With m12n, you can use one file to perform HTML dependent tests (for
> example using HTML specific collections such as 
> document.forms) or raw XML
> tests to non XHTML elements included in such a file while the 
> file is valid
> (either as XML or XHTML).
> >
> > Kindest regards,
> >
> > Manos
> >
> >
> > >
> > > --Mary
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Manos Batsis" <m.batsis@bsnet.gr>
> > > To: <bv@opera.no>; "Arnold, Curt" <Curt.Arnold@hyprotech.com>
> > > Cc: <www-dom-ts@w3.org>
> > > Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 6:48 AM
> > > Subject: RE: Using existing staff.xml based tests with 
> HTML processors
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > XHTML test files must be valid to be XHTML in the first
> > > place; technically
> > > speaking though, there is a way to have valid XHTML just 
> by adding a
> > > 'wrapper'[1] to the existing files while using XHTML
> > > Modularization (either
> > > in XML Schema [1] or DTD [2]). I would be very interested 
> to help if
> > > something like that is chosen, especially if XML Schema 
> is involved.
> > > >
> > > > [1] like
> > > >
> > > > <!DOCTYPE  bla>
> > > > <html xmlns="myDomain/bla">
> > > >    <head>
> > > >       <title>
> > > >          Untitled
> > > >       </title>
> > > >    </head>
> > > >    <body>
> > > >
> > > > <!-- existing XML content -->
> > > >
> > > >    </body>
> > > > </html>
> > > >
> > > > [2] http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/WD-xhtml-m12n-schema-20011219/
> > > > [3] http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml-modularization/
> > > >
> > > > Kindest regards,
> > > >
> > > > Manos
> > > >
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: Bjørn Vermo [mailto:bv@opera.no]
> > > > > Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 1:40 PM
> > > > > To: 'www-dom-ts@w3.org'; Arnold, Curt
> > > > > Subject: Re: Using existing staff.xml based tests with
> > > HTML processors
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > 2002-03-06 18:36:21, "Arnold, Curt"
> > > <Curt.Arnold@hyprotech.com> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > >I was thinking that you could produce an close [X]HTML
> > > > > analogue of staff.xml
> > > > > >by doing a direct translation of each element in staff to a
> > > > > distinct [X]HTML
> > > > > >element with a similar content model.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >Most of the elements simply contain PCDATA and have no
> > > > > attributes, so you
> > > > > >could make <employeeId> to <code> and <salary> to <pre>, etc
> > > > > and could
> > > > > >change <address domestic="">something</address> to <a
> > > > > href="">something</a>,
> > > > > ><employee> could go to <p>.  The only structural change
> > > that would be
> > > > > >changing <staff> to <html><body>.
> > > > >
> > > > > I believe it would be more useful to use constructs like <div
> > > > > class="employeeid"> and <a class="domestic" href=2xx">
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > Bjørn Vermo
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> 
>

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