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9-Oct-13 2:42

Is there such a thing as an XSD that describes, in schema definition terms, all the HTML element tags, their attributes, and also, very importantly, the style attributes one can use on specific HTML element tags?

Yes, I've googled but haven't found anything yet - lots of web pages describing HTML elements, tags, and styles, lots of pages on HTML DOM, but no single machine readable schema. It must be there somewhere, right?

So, I'm looking for an XSD that describes the HTML DOM, though I'm not interested in access methods, and I am interested in the allowable style attributes, and I want it in XSD format, though some other format would be acceptable as well.

Thanks!

Marc

Shameel9-Oct-13 2:59

Shameel

9-Oct-13 2:59

If you look under the hood on how Visual Studio validates html, you can find xsd files deep down in its folders. You should be able to use one of them right away or build one from scratch yourself.

I have VS 2010 and in my system, the files are in in C:\program files\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\Packages\schemas\html

Marc Clifton9-Oct-13 3:38

9-Oct-13 3:38

Shameel wrote:
I have VS 2010 and in my system,

Hmm, it's not there for me. I'll have to poke around, but that's also a great starting place. Thanks!

Marc

Brisingr Aerowing9-Oct-13 5:58

Brisingr Aerowing

9-Oct-13 5:58

I have it in VS2012. I can send you the files you want.

There are (for HTML):

* HTML5
* HTML 4.01
* XHTML5
* XHTML Frameset
* XHTML Strict 1.1
* XHTML Transitional

There are also the following:

* ASAX
* ASP Head Content
* i18Languages (whatever that is)
* SVG
* XLink
* XML

There are also two .tlb files: w3c-dom1.tlb and w3c-dom1-strict.tlb. I don't know what those are for (DOM Parsing?)

Also, do you have the Web Developer option installed? That may be where these come from.

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Marc Clifton9-Oct-13 7:54

9-Oct-13 7:54

Brisingr Aerowing wrote:
I have it in VS2012. I can send you the files you want.

I found them in the Program Files (x86) folder. Thanks very much though for your offer!

Marc

Yusuf9-Oct-13 6:24

Yusuf

9-Oct-13 6:24

For me it is in \Program Files (x86) folder.

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\Common7\Packages\schemas\html

Yusuf
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Marc Clifton9-Oct-13 7:53

9-Oct-13 7:53

Yusuf wrote:
For me it is in \Program Files (x86) folder.

Ah yes, found it there. Thanks!

Marc

Gregory Gadow9-Oct-13 3:20

Gregory Gadow

9-Oct-13 3:20

There is no single HTML definition, there are many: one for each version of HTML and XHTML. Each of these definitions has an official, W3 sanctioned document type definition file. These dtd files are used in every properly formatted DOCTYPE declaration. These can easily be converted to xsd; in fact, the W3 has a Perl script that will do just that[^].

It seems to me that all you need to do is find the DOCTYPE declaration for the version of (X)HTML that interests you, and convert it. Easy peasy.

Nicholas Marty9-Oct-13 3:28

Nicholas Marty

9-Oct-13 3:28

beat me to it.. Laugh | :laugh:

Marc Clifton9-Oct-13 3:36

9-Oct-13 3:36

Gregory.Gadow wrote:
These can easily be converted to xsd; in fact, the W3 has a Perl script that will do just that[^].

Great! Thanks for the info, I'll explore it further.

Marc

Nicholas Marty9-Oct-13 3:27

Nicholas Marty

9-Oct-13 3:27

You should be able to find the DTD Files from: http://www.w3.org
Not an XSD, however still describing all html elements, their possible children, I don't know about the css attributes which can be applied but I'd guess there are probably in some CSS definition

A quick search through the page yielded this page: http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/sgml/dtd.html[^]
referring to multiple DTD-Files like: http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/strict.dtd[^]

I guess other versions beside HTML4.0 should also be on this site somewhere.

You can convert the DTD to XSD directly through a tool from w3.org: http://www.w3.org/2000/04/schema_hack/[^] or online somewhere Wink | ;)

Marc Clifton9-Oct-13 3:37

9-Oct-13 3:37

Nicholas Marty wrote:
You can convert the DTD to XSD directly through a tool from w3.org:

Very cool. Thank you!

Marc

Andy Brummer9-Oct-13 9:08

Andy Brummer

9-Oct-13 9:08

HTML is a SGML spec which has elements that can't be represented in XSD. XHTML was an attempt to build an XSD'able spec.

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Marc Clifton9-Oct-13 10:18

9-Oct-13 10:18

Andy Brummer wrote:
HTML is a SGML spec which has elements that can't be represented in XSD. XHTML was an attempt to build an XSD'able spec.

Well, I'm only looking for close, not perfect. Thanks for info, I'll explore XHTML.

Marc

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Nish Nishant9-Oct-13 2:30

Nish Nishant

9-Oct-13 2:30

http://fox2now.com/2013/10/08/man-fakes-kidnapping-to-party-with-friends/[^]

...He now faces criminal charges and a very angry wife.

You can't make this stuff up! WTF | :WTF:

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Chris Quinn9-Oct-13 2:33

Chris Quinn

9-Oct-13 2:33

This guy called in a bomb hoax[^] because he had forgotten to book the wedding venue!

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Mark_Wallace9-Oct-13 3:09

Mark_Wallace

9-Oct-13 3:09

That means that the anti-ter'r'rist squad had to spend a whole half day not sitting on their arses!

The poor dears!

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jeron19-Oct-13 4:07

jeron1

9-Oct-13 4:07

Quite frankly I can't blame him, I'll take the cops over a mad Mrs. any day.

Septimus Hedgehog9-Oct-13 2:36

Septimus Hedgehog

9-Oct-13 2:36

What a class-A knob!

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chriselst9-Oct-13 2:46

chriselst

9-Oct-13 2:46

Am I the only one who thinks this plan was genius?

His only mistake was in failing to hold his nerve under questioning.

Maybe his missus was giving him so much grief after he came back he fancied a short stay in prison too.

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