[xml] HTMLParser from libxml concerns.

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From: Marc Sanfacon (sanm@copernic.com)
Date: Fri Oct 20 2000 - 08:57:57 EDT

Hi there,
        as I said earlier, what we mainly use from libxml, for now, is the
HTMLParser. And as everybody know, the HTML pages available on the WEB and
everywhere else, are far from well formatted. By that I mean that the HTML
found in thoses pages is rarely valid.

        The HTMLParser from libxml do a certain job of fixing them, but a
lot of pages don't get fix in the process. I would like to know if anyone
has the same problem than me.

        I am willing to modify the HTMLParser so that it uses the same rules
than 'HTMLTidy' (http://www.w3.org/People/Raggett/tidy/) to fix a HTML page.
I do not want to create a second HTMLTidy, so I won't put all features in
it, but the rules used to fix the HTML.

        So now I want to know:

* Daniel, is it a good idea to put these rules in the HTMLParser ?
* Is there anyone else already doing this job ?
* Is there another pre-parser that fixes a HTML file ?

Regards,
        Marc.

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