Subject: Re: [xsl] HTML/XHTML/HTML5 Serialization Options From: "Michael Kay mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx" <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 10 Apr 2015 21:23:01 -0000 |
As it happens I've been working on this the last couple of days: I found that there were no tests in the W3C QT3 test suite for XHTML serialization, and I committed about 50 this morning. In XSLT 2.0, the XHTML serialization method treats elements like <br/> specially only if they are in the XHTML namespace. In 3.0, it depends on whether the property html-version="5" is set. If not, it behaves as before: only elements in the XHTML namespace are recognized. But with html-version="5", elements in no namespace are also recognized. Inevitably, given the shortage of test material, I found that Saxon 9.6 doesn't get all the details right, but on this particular point, I think it's largely conformant. Michael Kay Saxonica mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx +44 (0) 118 946 5893 On 10 Apr 2015, at 22:08, Eliot Kimber ekimber@xxxxxxxxxxxx <xsl-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > This may be a Saxon-specific question, but I'll start here as there may be > a general answer. > > I am generating HTML, either as XHTML or HTML or HTML5 and I'm running > into issues with the handling of empty elements (meaning elements that > were or can be tagged as self-closed elements, e.g., <br>). > > Doing a quick test with Saxon 9.6 and XSLT 2, given this input: > > <p>A br element: before<br/>after</p> > > > And serializing it using method "html" the result is the expected: > > <p>A br element: before<br>after > </p> > > > But for XHTML it's: > > <p>A br element: before > <br></br>after > </p> > > > What I would like to is a self-closed BR element: <br/>. > > Looking at the Saxon documentation I didn't see any Saxon-specific > serialization parameters that would control this behavior. > > I realize I could implement my own serializer but I'm not keen to go to > that length if at all possible. > > Is there a general solution that allows me to have XHTML or HTML5 output > with self-closing elements? > > This comes up for me in several contexts: > > - Generating XHTML as required for EPUB2 and Kindle documents > - Generating HTML as required for Web sites > - Generating HTML5 as required for EPUB3 and for use in HTML5-based Web > sites > > I suspect that the real problem is generating XHTML when I should be > generating HTML. I need to explore that more, but I wanted to understand > my readily-available serialization options first. > > Thanks, > > Eliot > > > Eliot Kimber, Owner > Contrext, LLC > http://contrext.com
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