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[Caml-list] Parse crazy HTML, output XML
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Richard Jones
- Alain Frisch
- Gerd Stolpmann
- Shawn Wagner
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Date: | 2004-06-21 (16:12) |
From: | Gerd Stolpmann <info@g...> |
Subject: | Re: [Caml-list] Parse crazy HTML, output XML |
Am Mon, 2004-06-21 um 18.03 schrieb Richard Jones: > I have a bunch of HTML documents from an external source which I do > not control. They aren't valid XML, by any means. I need to read > them in, do a "best effort" to build a DOM, do various manipulations > over the DOM (such as removing <script> tags, replace <B> with > <strong>, etc.), and output an XHTML fragment. I also need to do this > from an OCaml program. > > Example input: > > --- > This is <B>the sort of document</B> which I have to parse.<br> > <br> > <br> > --- > > Desired output: > > --- > <p> > This is <strong>the sort of document</strong> which I have to parse. > </p> > --- > > The problem is the parsing phase. Both PXP and XmlLight will only > parse valid XML (as far as I can see). Is there any simple pure OCaml > library for parsing HTML and producing a DOM? The Nethtml of ocamlnet can do this (ocamlnet.sourceforge.net). Gerd -- ------------------------------------------------------------ Gerd Stolpmann * Viktoriastr. 45 * 64293 Darmstadt * Germany gerd@gerd-stolpmann.de http://www.gerd-stolpmann.de ------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------- To unsubscribe, mail caml-list-request@inria.fr Archives: http://caml.inria.fr Bug reports: http://caml.inria.fr/bin/caml-bugs FAQ: http://caml.inria.fr/FAQ/ Beginner's list: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ocaml_beginners