HTML to XHTML

Hello :)
Is there a standard way to convert HTML to XHTML in Java ?
If the standard way doesn't exist how can I solve this problem ?
Thanks

I'm not aware of a standard way to do this.
Part of the problem is that HTML has no procedure to enforce any rules. The browsers ignore anything they don't understand, and are free to interpret confilcting information in any way. XHTML follows the XML rules and can be validated.
How would you expect an automated tool to handle:
<b><i>bold and italic</b></i>where the starts and ends are not nested?
Dave Patterson

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Not Valid HTML or XHTML

Hi,
I am baffled because ever since some updates were done to Adobe InContext, I haven't been able to edit certain pages on my websites. I get the error:
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"The page does not appear to be valid HTML or XHTML."
I can't find any problems with it, and I've been able to save my profile pages before with inContext in the past. This happens with both I.E. 8 and Firefox 3.
The affected pages are:
http://www.aliyamustafina.com/includes/ice/ide.html#page=chinese%2Fprofile.php
http://www.anna-pavlova.net/includes/ice/ide.html#page=spanish%2Fprofile.php
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Thanks!
Alan

Hi Alan,
On a quick inspection I've found several tags which are not closed properly:
in the first page, the map tag is closed twice, and on the bottom of the page there's a tr and td which are never closed. These kind of problems are the most probable cause for which you receive these error messages. Please try to correct the page structure so that it is XHTML valid (you can use a validator to check all the issues) and let me know if you still have the same problem.
Thank you,
Florin

EPub files HTML or XHTML?

Until today, I was exporting ePub files from Pages. It produces XHTML ePub files, which I then edited in BBEdit. The edits worked, but there were myriad other problems, so…
…I bought CS5.5 and…
I noticed several things:
1. InDesign 5.5 doesn't export XHTML formatted files, but HTML.
2. When I checked the syntax of these files in BBEdit, there were the following errors:
     Unknown or invalid DOCTYPE detected; syntax checker will assume "HTML 5".
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     Document type doesn't permit attribute "xml:lang" within element "<div>".
3. In addition, when I rezipped and sent the ePub to iBooks, the formatting I'd added wasn't there (though it had previewed perfectly in BBEdit and browsers).
4. I then replaced everything above the opening <head> element with the lines from a Pages-exported file. The error messages disappeared, but the formatting still wasn't there in iBooks.
As a near-novice, I can't figure out what's going on. Is there some kind of mismatch between XHTML and HTML?
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For what it's worth, the formatting appeared correctly in iBooks when I replaced this line (which appeared immediately below the <head> element)
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with this one:
     <div id="x15-Preparing.html" >
(removing: xml:lang="en-US")
The language declaration was already made above. See whole section:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE html
PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml11/DTD/xhtml11.dtd">
<html xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
     <head>
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              <link href="template.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
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     <body>
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I remain puzzled about HTML vs. XHTML. Liz Castro says the ePub's content files should be in XHTML. Not true?

Inserting Flash on html or xhtml page

I've typically used Dreamweaver to insert my Flash movies in
html pages. However, the code inserted by Dreamweaver CS3 does not
validate and I've read there are better ways to do it. Several
people have recommended swfobject (
http://blog.deconcept.com/swfobject/
). Is swfobject a good solution for todays browsers or is there a
better approach that works across most common browsers (Firefox,
IE6, IE7, Safari)? This is a sample page that works in most
browsers, but sometimes the flash element cannot be viewed in
Firefox:
http://www.jimmoondesigns.com/pg/package.html

IMO, I don't think you'll find a better method than using
SWFObject. I
recommend it, and use it on all our sites.
Dave -
Head Developer
http://www.blurredistinction.com
Adobe Community Expert
http://www.adobe.com/communities/experts/

Batch Changing Dreamweaver files from XHTML to HTML

Almost all of my Dreamweaver files were created in XHTML
mode. In other
words, when I created a page and was asked whether I wanted
to make it
XHTML compatible, I said YES.
About the time I moved my websites from my PC to my Mac, I
finally
realized that XHTML is a lost cause and changed my doctypes
to HTML. But
I just discovered that even PHP include files that have no
doctype at
all automatically insert <br /> instead of <br>.
So I'm assuming that
there must be some invisible code that says "Format this page
for XHTML!"
So I'm wondering if there's a way to change every file in an
entire site
(or all my sites) from XHTML to HTML.
Thanks.

I use XHTML because it forces good coding practices such as
always closing
tags. The usual reason most people give for not using XHTML
is that IE
chokes when it is served as xml+application instead of text.
XHTML Strict
does not allow target="page.html" but transitional does so I
stick with
transitional.
I won't use XHTML 1.1 because I don't like the modularization
part of the
spec. I like a nice standard spec and don't want to create my
own picking
and choosing which modules to include.
Cheryl D Wise
Adobe Community Expert
http://starttoweb.com
"David Blomstrom" <[email protected]> wrote
in message
news:[email protected]...
> Cheryl D Wise wrote:
>> While I can't help you with your batch convert issue
would you mind
>> sharing why you consider XHTML a "lost cause"?
>>
>
> As I recall, the first one to make me scratch my head
was our own Al
> Sparber. If I remember correctly, he said he still used
HTML because
> XHTML...well, I can't even remember the specific
reason(s) he gave. But
> I've noticed a lot of other pros still using HTML.
>
> I THOUGHT XHTML was supposed to serve as sort of a
bridge between HTML and
> XML, which was supposedly the direction the web was
heading. But I began
> reading more and more articles claiming that there was
little point in
> embracing XHMTL as the web simply wasn't moving in that
direction - or at
> least not very quickly. I'm not sure if this was another
of those things
> that Microsoft was retarding or not; I've read so many
confusing things
> about XHTML.
>
> Still, I stuck with XHTML for years until I recently had
some sort of
> problem. I can't even remember what it was offhand -
something to do with
> the doctype, I think. Or maybe there's something you can
do in HTML but
> not in XHTML.
>
> In the meantime, I asked questions about XHTML on forums
but never got a
> really clear explanation regarding WHY I should use it.
XML is even more
> perpelexing. I understand that it can function similar
to a database, but
> I already have a database software program - MySQL. I
tried to figure out
> some of the cool things I could do with XHTML and XML
but all the
> responses I got from geeks were - well, geeky. They seem
to use them
> because they think they're cool, but no one could offer
any practical
> reasons for embracing them.
>
> So I finally said to H*ll with it and changed all my
doctypes to HTML. Now
> I just have to change all my closing tags from </>
to <>.

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I've read that TextMate on Mac includes a function to "Convert Selection to Entities excluding Tags". In other words it will replace all special characters (ellipses, copyright sign, etc) with the html entities.
I'm currently using Kate and I can't seem to find anything similar. Is anyone aware of any linux editors with the same function?
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Remove HTML tags from a string

I have a string that contains a couple of HTML or XHTML tag, for example
lv_my_string = '<p style="something">Hello <strong>World</strong>!</p>'.
For a special use case, I want to remove all HTML from that string and process only the plain text
lv_my_new_string = 'Hello World!'.
Is there any method, function module, XSLT or anything else for that already?

Hi Daniel,
I tried using the FM (SWA_STRING_REMOVE_SUBSTRING) but I guess it is expecting a particular pattern which is not so apparent in your case. Iu2019ve written a small piece of code which you can try using in a FM or a PERFORM and that should do the trick. Please let me know if you have any questions.
PARAMETER: P_LINE(100).
TYPES: BEGIN OF TY_LINE,
         LINE(100),
       END OF TY_LINE.
DATA: T_LINE TYPE STANDARD TABLE OF TY_LINE,
      WA_LINE LIKE LINE OF T_LINE.
DATA: W_LINE(100),
      W_LEN(100),
      W_COUNT TYPE I,
      W_FLAG,
      W_FLAG1,
      W_I TYPE I.
W_COUNT = STRLEN( P_LINE ).
DO W_COUNT TIMES.
IF P_LINE+W_I(1) = '<'.
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    W_I = W_I + 1.
    IF NOT WA_LINE-LINE IS INITIAL.
      APPEND WA_LINE-LINE TO T_LINE.
      CLEAR WA_LINE.
    ENDIF.
    CONTINUE.
ELSEIF P_LINE+W_I(1) = '>'.
    W_FLAG = 0.
    W_I = W_I + 1.
    CONTINUE.
ENDIF.
IF W_FLAG = 1.
    W_I = W_I + 1.
    CONTINUE.
ELSE.
    CONCATENATE WA_LINE-LINE P_LINE+W_I(1) INTO WA_LINE-LINE.
    W_I = W_I + 1.
ENDIF.
ENDDO.
LOOP AT T_LINE INTO WA_LINE.
CONCATENATE W_LINE WA_LINE-LINE INTO W_LINE SEPARATED BY SPACE.
ENDLOOP.
SHIFT W_LINE LEFT DELETING LEADING SPACE.
WRITE: W_LINE.
Input:
<p style="something">Hello <strong>World</strong>!</p>
Output:
HELLO WORLD !
Regards,
Pritam

[CS3] HTML Code and JS

Hi,
I exported a html page from Flash CS3. When I take a look at
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There is a Flash detection js file linked to the html page.
Is it
recommended to use this? What does it do if no plugin is
installed?
And why is the object and embed tag inside a noscript tag?
Does this
make any sense?
I want to include my flash page into a cms system so I want
deliver a
clean html page.
Thanks for any help

Remove all that code and learn this technique:
http://blog.deconcept.com/swfobject/
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Flash content, and it also is very search engine friendly.

Embedding Flash Movies in an HTML page without browser warning...

Hi guys...I have been using Flash for some time now....My
problem is how to embbed a flash swf movie file in an HTML or XHTML
page without the browser warning the user that this web site is
trying to install ActiveX content on her or his computer....Almost
all professional sites does not display a warning message in the
browser...So how can I do this???

I tried to embed it in Dreamweaver CS3.......Here is the code
which Dreamweaver generates...
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0
Transitional//EN" "
http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="
http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;
charset=utf-8" />
<title>Untitled Document</title>
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type="text/javascript"></script>
</head>
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access your computer.Click here for options"......I am sorry to
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Output As HTML

Should I use specialised classes to output a file as HTML or is it substanitial just to use standard readers and writers.
Cheers

I was able to expedite my time to production by using a cool set of class libraries developed in the open source forums (rather than writing my own ... the html generator wasn't the gist of my program). I re-used (& credited) JFreeReport. If nothing else you can see how other programmers approach/solve the same problems you're solving. We post& share our code so others can benefit. There are quite a few sites,but sourceforge and gnu are a couple of my favorites.
http://sourceforge.net/search/
search (on left side of screen) software/group "html converter"
JFreeReport is a Java class library for generating reports. It provides a flexible printing functionality for Java applications and supports output to Printers and PDF, Excel, HTML and XHTML, PlainText, XML and CSV files.

Cflayout does not validate in strict XHTML

Greetings
Is there a workaround for this?
# Error Line 6, Column 70: there is no attribute "align"
…ript">_cf_loadingtexthtml="<div align='center'><img src='/CFIDE/scripts/ajax/r…
✉
You have used the attribute named above in your document, but the document type you are using does not support that attribute for this element. This error is often caused by incorrect use of the "Strict" document type with a document that uses frames (e.g. you must use the "Transitional" document type to get the "target" attribute), or by using vendor proprietary extensions such as "marginheight" (this is usually fixed by using CSS to achieve the desired effect instead).
This error may also result if the element itself is not supported in the document type you are using, as an undefined element will have no supported attributes; in this case, see the element-undefined error message for further information.
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# Error Line 6, Column 78: document type does not allow element "div" here
…f_loadingtexthtml="<div align='center'><img src='/CFIDE/scripts/ajax/resources…
✉
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# Error Line 6, Column 142: required attribute "alt" not specified
…ign='center'><img src='/CFIDE/scripts/ajax/resources/cf/images/loading.gif'/>";
✉
The attribute given above is required for an element that you've used, but you have omitted it. For instance, in most HTML and XHTML document types the "type" attribute is required on the "script" element and the "alt" attribute is required for the "img" element.
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# Error Line 10, Column 9: end tag for "div" omitted, but OMITTAG NO was specified
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# Info Line 6, Column 59: start tag was here
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Untidy HTML code and strange usage of Tags.

RH8 HTML
I've been noticing over pretty much all of my topics that the HTML is quite messy, and various types of tags are being used.
Best example is the use of both the <span style="font-weight: bold;"> and the very standard <b> tag being used to both achieve bold text, the same is occuring for italic text.
sometimes this is happening at the same time, example: <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Form Builder</span></b>
I'm using either CTRL+B or the Bold icon in RH to set off the bold text, and it seems to pick whichever tag it wants at random.
does this happen for everyone....is there anyway to lcean this up automatically somehow....I'm not looking to edit this all manually, and if its not broken I'm not going to try, but I like things to be clean, and this is not clean at all.
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Hi,
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Willam

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I am using wordpress for my HTML 5 tutorials website, now i would like redesign my entire site using HTML 5 (seems only fitting), and would like to know if dreamweaver is already supporting HTML 5 or if it will in the future with updates, i would like to purchase dreamweaver today i have other projects where dreamweaver will come in handy so i kinda need it anyway, but to know if dreamweaver does or will support HTML 5 even down the track would make my purchase of dreamweaver a little easier.
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You may have also heard that the footer spec has been changed only this week, which shows the fluid nature of the spec, especially as the 'last call' is due in October (forget 2022, anyone who thinks it is that far away), that is not to say it will not change again after that date.
As for the doc type (the xhtml version is rapidly becoming the recommended one, this is the basic 'vanilla' version), use -
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The xhtml version requires the namespace, (if you do not know what that is, then do not use html5 at the moment), for more info on html5 see - http://html5doctor.com/
Most importantly, if you plan on supporting any version of IE (including 8), then you will require the js script for html5.
PZ

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Hi,
I have a fairly complex problem to describe with Xerces-J 2.5.0. I'll try to make it simple.
My goal is to parse XHTML files. I parse them ok but my issues are with not compliant XHTML files such as the ones with <input ...> instead of <input .../>.
I have rebuilt the Xerces library in eclipse.
I have made a small test in a test environment, and it looks like Xerces is able to correct such xml errors. I was surprised. However, some features are failing to be set such as http://apache.org/xml/features/validation/schema/augment-psvi, http://xml.org/sax/features/external-general-entities...
But the parse process is running ok. And it solves my XHTML mistakes...
Now, when I use this Xerces jar in Tomcat (I have removed all other reference to any XML parser), the features are set correctly but the document fails to be parsed.
I simply do not understand why it is different in the command line and in tomcat. I use an explicit call to create a new org.apache.xerces.parsers.DOMParser:
parser = new org.apache.xerces.parsers.DOMParser();When I use a library from the binary distribution (2.4.0, 2.5.0 and 2.6.1) it fails in both cases.
Is there some Sun XML parser that is overriding my use of Xerces (like the built-in version of Xalan)?
Is there a way to know the location of the JAR files the program is using? I am pretty sure that I am using the right classpath (otherwise it fails) but who knows...
Any help / hint will be really appreciated...
TIA

Pete,
There is a misunderstanding here. I am not rewriting Xerces. I just rebuilt it, but there were no special goals in rebuilding it. I want to use a standard one.
The "fun" thing is that after a simple rebuilt of Xerces, without modifying the source, it does not behave as i expect it to behave. You would say that i did not rebuild it correctly and that was also my initial thoughts.
However, the strange thing is that it behaves as expected when used in Tomcat and it does not when used in commad line.
I was thinking that another xerces was used, but it was not the case as i removed all xerces i could find and check that it fails (normal). After that, i put mine inside and it behaves as the one you can download from the binary distribution.
The issue is with the command line that still "solve XHTML errors" and i do not understand why! I also fail to set some features on this parser (when used in c.l.), this makes me think that the parser i am using in CL is not the same than the one i used within Tomcat.
I have twisted the classpath in all sorts of ways, checked the endorsed paths, etc.
My goal is to be able to parse both HTML and XHTML, so i first try to parse XHTML, if it fails, i switch to the HTML parser (i use NekoHTML). But in my CL test environment, it corrects the XHTML errors, so Neko is never used...
I was thinking of a similar problem i had with Xalan, but it does not look like it either...

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