[XML4Lib] batch conversion of HTML files to XML

[David Kane]

Hi John,

I suggest htmltidy, which is a utility that does just what you want.  It
converts HTML to XHTML.

Google htmltidy and batch and you should get what you need.

Best,

David.

2008/7/15 John Fitzgibbon <jfitzgibbon at galwaylibrary.ie>:

>  Hi,
>
>
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> Is it possible to convert a folder of HTML files to XML without having to
> edit each file with a text editor that supports regular expressions? In the
> past this is how I accomplished this task but I am hoping there is an easier
> way.
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> The process would have to change tags like <br> to <br/>. Input tags in
> forms would also have to be closed.
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> It may have to close tags like <p> and <li>.
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> Finally, attribute values are not necessarily bounded by quotes. For
> example, width=200 will have to become width="200".
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> Am I searching for a holy grail?
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> Any advice would be much appreciated.
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> Regards
>
> Jon
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