require 5; package HTML::Tagset; # Time-stamp: "2000-10-20 19:35:06 MDT" use strict; use vars qw( $VERSION %emptyElement %optionalEndTag %linkElements %boolean_attr %isHeadElement %isBodyElement %isPhraseMarkup %is_Possible_Strict_P_Content %isHeadOrBodyElement %isList %isTableElement %isFormElement %isKnown %canTighten @p_closure_barriers %isCDATA_Parent ); $VERSION = '3.03'; =head1 NAME HTML::Tagset - data tables useful in parsing HTML =head1 SYNOPSIS use HTML::Tagset; # Then use any of the items in the HTML::Tagset package # as need arises =head1 DESCRIPTION This module contains several data tables useful in various kinds of HTML parsing operations. Note that all tag names used are lowercase. In the following documentation, a "hashset" is a hash being used as a set -- the hash conveys that its keys are there, and the actual values associated with the keys are not significant. (But what values are there, are always true.) =over =item hashset %HTML::Tagset::emptyElement This hashset has as values the tag-names (GIs) of elements that cannot have content. (For example, "base", "br", "hr".) So C<$HTML::Tagset::emptyElement{'hr'}> exists and is true. C<$HTML::Tagset::emptyElement{'dl'}> does not exist, and so is not true. =cut #========================================================================== %emptyElement = map {; $_ => 1 } qw(base link meta isindex img br hr wbr input area param embed bgsound spacer basefont col frame ~comment ~literal ~declaration ~pi ); # The "~"-initial names are for pseudo-elements used by HTML::Entities # and TreeBuilder #--------------------------------------------------------------------------- =item hashset %HTML::Tagset::optionalEndTag This hashset lists tag-names for elements that can have content, but whose end-tags are generally, "safely", omissible. Example: C<$HTML::Tagset::emptyElement{'li'}> exists and is true. =cut %optionalEndTag = map {; $_ => 1 } qw(p li dt dd); # option th tr td); #--------------------------------------------------------------------------- =item hash %HTML::Tagset::linkElements Values in this hash are tagnames for elements that might contain links, and the value for each is a reference to an array of the names of attributes whose values can be links. =cut %linkElements = ( 'a' => ['href'], 'applet' => ['archive', 'codebase', 'code'], 'area' => ['href'], 'base' => ['href'], 'bgsound' => ['src'], 'blockquote' => ['cite'], 'body' => ['background'], 'del' => ['cite'], 'embed' => ['pluginspage', 'src'], 'form' => ['action'], 'frame' => ['src', 'longdesc'], 'iframe' => ['src', 'longdesc'], 'ilayer' => ['background'], 'img' => ['src', 'lowsrc', 'longdesc', 'usemap'], 'input' => ['src', 'usemap'], 'ins' => ['cite'], 'isindex' => ['action'], 'head' => ['profile'], 'layer' => ['background', 'src'], 'link' => ['href'], 'object' => ['classid', 'codebase', 'data', 'archive', 'usemap'], 'q' => ['cite'], 'script' => ['src', 'for'], 'table' => ['background'], 'td' => ['background'], 'th' => ['background'], 'tr' => ['background'], 'xmp' => ['href'], ); #--------------------------------------------------------------------------- =item hash %HTML::Tagset::boolean_attr This hash (not hashset) lists what attributes of what elements can be printed without showing the value (for example, the "noshade" attribute of "hr" elements). For elements with only one such attribute, its value is simply that attribute name. For elements with many such attributes, the value is a reference to a hashset containing all such attributes. =cut %boolean_attr = ( # TODO: make these all hashes 'area' => 'nohref', 'dir' => 'compact', 'dl' => 'compact', 'hr' => 'noshade', 'img' => 'ismap', 'input' => { 'checked' => 1, 'readonly' => 1, 'disabled' => 1 }, 'menu' => 'compact', 'ol' => 'compact', 'option' => 'selected', 'select' => 'multiple', 'td' => 'nowrap', 'th' => 'nowrap', 'ul' => 'compact', ); #========================================================================== # List of all elements from Extensible HTML version 1.0 Transitional DTD: # # a abbr acronym address applet area b base basefont bdo big # blockquote body br button caption center cite code col colgroup # dd del dfn dir div dl dt em fieldset font form h1 h2 h3 h4 h5 h6 # head hr html i iframe img input ins isindex kbd label legend li # link map menu meta noframes noscript object ol optgroup option p # param pre q s samp script select small span strike strong style # sub sup table tbody td textarea tfoot th thead title tr tt u ul # var # # Varia from Mozilla source internal table of tags: # Implemented: # xmp listing wbr nobr frame frameset noframes ilayer # layer nolayer spacer embed multicol # But these are unimplemented: # sound?? keygen?? server?? # Also seen here and there: # marquee?? app?? (both unimplemented) #========================================================================== =item hashset %HTML::Tagset::isPhraseMarkup This hashset contains all phrasal-level elements. =cut %isPhraseMarkup = map {; $_ => 1 } qw( span abbr acronym q sub sup cite code em kbd samp strong var dfn strike b i u s tt small big a img br wbr nobr blink font basefont bdo spacer embed noembed ); # had: center, hr, table =item hashset %HTML::Tagset::is_Possible_Strict_P_Content This hashset contains all phrasal-level elements that be content of a P element, for a strict model of HTML. =cut %is_Possible_Strict_P_Content = ( %isPhraseMarkup, %isFormElement, map {; $_ => 1} qw( object script map ) # I've no idea why there's these latter exceptions. # I'm just following the HTML4.01 DTD. ); #from html4 strict: # # # # # # # # # # =item hashset %HTML::Tagset::isHeadElement This hashset contains all elements that elements that should be present only in the 'head' element of an HTML document. =cut %isHeadElement = map {; $_ => 1 } qw(title base link meta isindex script style object bgsound); =item hashset %HTML::Tagset::isList This hashset contains all elements that can contain "li" elements. =cut %isList = map {; $_ => 1 } qw(ul ol dir menu); =item hashset %HTML::Tagset::isTableElement This hashset contains all elements that are to be found only in/under a "table" element. =cut %isTableElement = map {; $_ => 1 } qw(tr td th thead tbody tfoot caption col colgroup); =item hashset %HTML::Tagset::isFormElement This hashset contains all elements that are to be found only in/under a "form" element. =cut %isFormElement = map {; $_ => 1 } qw(input select option optgroup textarea button label); =item hashset %HTML::Tagset::isBodyMarkup This hashset contains all elements that are to be found only in/under the "body" element of an HTML document. =cut %isBodyElement = map {; $_ => 1 } qw( h1 h2 h3 h4 h5 h6 p div pre plaintext address blockquote xmp listing center multicol iframe ilayer nolayer bgsound hr ol ul dir menu li dl dt dd ins del fieldset legend map area applet param object isindex script noscript table center form ), keys %isFormElement, keys %isPhraseMarkup, # And everything phrasal keys %isTableElement, ; =item hashset %HTML::Tagset::isHeadOrBodyElement This hashset includes all elements that I notice can fall either in the head or in the body. =cut %isHeadOrBodyElement = map {; $_ => 1 } qw(script isindex style object map area param noscript bgsound); # i.e., if we find 'script' in the 'body' or the 'head', don't freak out. =item hashset %HTML::Tagset::isKnown This hashset lists all known HTML elements. =cut %isKnown = (%isHeadElement, %isBodyElement, map{; $_=>1 } qw( head body html frame frameset noframes ~comment ~pi ~directive ~literal )); # that should be all known tags ever ever =item hashset %HTML::Tagset::canTighten This hashset lists elements that might have ignorable whitespace as children or siblings. =cut %canTighten = %isKnown; delete @canTighten{ keys(%isPhraseMarkup), 'input', 'select', 'xmp', 'listing', 'plaintext', 'pre', }; # xmp, listing, plaintext, and pre are untightenable, and # in a really special way. @canTighten{'hr','br'} = (1,1); # exceptional 'phrasal' things that ARE subject to tightening. # The one case where I can think of my tightening rules failing is: #

foo bar

baz quux ... # ^-- that would get deleted. # But that's pretty gruesome code anyhow. You gets what you pays for. #========================================================================== =item array @HTML::Tagset::p_closure_barriers This array has a meaning that I have only seen a need for in C, but I include it here on the off chance that someone might find it of use: When we see a "EpE" token, we go lookup up the lineage for a p element we might have to minimize. At first sight, we might say that if there's a p anywhere in the lineage of this new p, it should be closed. But that's wrong. Consider this document: foo

foo
foo

bar

The second p is quite legally inside a much higher p. My formalization of the reason why this is legal, but this:

foo

bar

isn't, is that something about the table constitutes a "barrier" to the application of the rule about what p must minimize. So C<@HTML::Tagset::p_closure_barriers> is the list of all such barrier-tags. =cut @p_closure_barriers = qw( li blockquote ul ol menu dir dl dt dd td th tr table caption ); # In an ideal world (i.e., XHTML) we wouldn't have to bother with any of this # monkey business of barriers to minimization! ########################################################################### =item hashset %isCDATA_Parent This hashset includes all elements whose content is CDATA. =cut %isCDATA_Parent = map {; $_ => 1 } qw(script style xmp listing plaintext); # TODO: there's nothing else that takes CDATA children, right? # As the HTML3 DTD (Raggett 1995-04-24) noted: # The XMP, LISTING and PLAINTEXT tags are incompatible with SGML # and derive from very early versions of HTML. They require non- # standard parsers and will cause problems for processing # documents with standard SGML tools. ########################################################################### =back =head1 CAVEATS You may find it useful to alter the behavior of modules (like C or C) that use C's data tables by altering the data tables themselves. You are welcome to try, but be careful; and be aware that different modules may or may react differently to the data tables being changed. Note that it may be inappropriate to use these tables for I HTML -- for example, C<%isHeadOrBodyElement> lists the tagnames for all elements that can appear either in the head or in the body, such as "script". That doesn't mean that I am saying your code that produces HTML should feel free to put script elements in either place! If you are producing programs that spit out HTML, you should be I familiar with the DTDs for HTML or XHTML (available at C), and you should slavishly obey them, not the data tables in this document. =head1 SEE ALSO L, L, L =head1 COPYRIGHT Copyright 1995-2000 Gisle Aas; copyright 2000 Sean M. Burke. This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. =head1 AUTHOR Current maintainer: Sean M. Burke, Esburke@cpan.orgE Most of the code/data in this module was adapted from code written by Gisle Aas Egisle@aas.noE for C, C, and C. =cut 1;