[XML4Lib] batch conversion of HTML files to XML

[Conal Tuohy]

Chiming in with one more option: JTidy (a Java version of Tidy)

http://jtidy.sourceforge.net/

On Tue, 2008-07-15 at 09:47 +0100, John Fitzgibbon wrote:
> 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
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> Jon
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