[oXygen-user] On-the-fly validation of (X)HTML5 using the v.Nu REST API (was: Creating a RELAX NG datatype library .jar for use with the v.Nu schemas)

[George Bina]

Hi Graham,

We plan to support HTML5 (not XML wellformed) and we will most probably 
integrate and use Validator.nu then.

Best Regards,
George
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George Cristian Bina
<oXygen/> XML Editor, Schema Editor and XSLT Editor/Debugger
http://www.oxygenxml.com

On 31/03/16 08:21, Graham Hannington wrote:
> Hi Ben et al,
>
> Following up on my post on 2016-03-18:
>
>> I have some thoughts about [...] the RELAX NG schemas being usable as-is
> across editors/tools, while the required datatype .jar needs to be built
> to match the editor/tool - but they'll keep for now.
>
> I now have some thoughts to share about that; and some software, too.
>
> I've been playing with the schemas from v.Nu in various tools, including
> editors such as Oxygen. But the implementation-specific nature of the
> required datatype library irks me; it's proven to be a barrier, or at
> least a nuisance.
>
> I decided to experiment with the v.Nu REST API (HTTP interface): no need
> for an external datatype library, because it's bound into v.Nu. You get
> the full benefit of v.Nu validation (including Schematron), not just the
> RELAX NG schemas. And, as long as the HTTP interface is still supported,
> it doesn't matter if the underlying validation technology used by v.Nu
> moves away from a RELAX NG schemas.
>
> Based on those experiments, I have developed and published a linter
> provider for the Atom editor that uses the v.Nu REST API:
>
> https://atom.io/packages/linter-vnu
>
> If you're interested in editing (X)HTML, watch the animated GIF on that
> page showing on-the-fly validation.
>
> I have decided not to pursue creating (or rather, creating and then
> maintaining) editor/tool-specific datatype libraries based on the
> definitions in v.Nu. I'm going to leave that to the developers of each
> editor/tool.
>
> If the Oxygen developers judge it to be worthwhile to support validation
> of (X)HTML using (what a member of the v.Nu development team describes as)
> the "canonical" schemas, then they can provide a datatype library (.jar)
> that works with Oxygen. It's up to them; their choice. (Or up to
> individual Oxygen users who want to do this.) I hope that the related work
> I've done, documented at:
>
> https://github.com/unsoup/validator
>
> will prove useful.
>
> Alternatively, the Oxygen developers could consider using the v.Nu REST
> API, as I've done for the Atom editor.
>
> Graham Hannington
>
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