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11  <h1>Whatpm (<em>beta</em>)</h1>  <h1>Whatpm &mdash; Perl modules for Web hypertext application technologies
12    (<em>beta</em>)</h1>
13    
14  <div class="section" id="introduction">  <div class="section" id="introduction">
15  <h2>Introduction</h2>  <h2>Introduction</h2>
16    
17  <p><dfn>Whatpm</dfn> is a <em>work-in-progress</em> set of <m>P</m>erl  <p><dfn>Whatpm</dfn> is a <em>work-in-progress</em> set of
18  <m>m</m>odules for <m>W</m>eb <m>h</m>ypertext <m>a</m>pplication  <mark>P</mark>erl <mark>m</mark>odules for <mark>W</mark>eb
19  <m>t</m>echnologies.  It is part  <mark>h</mark>ypertext <mark>a</mark>pplication
20  of the <a href="http://suika.fam.cx/www/2006/manakai/" rel=up>manakai</a>  <mark>t</mark>echnologies.  It is part of the <a
21    href="http://suika.fam.cx/www/2006/manakai/" rel=up>manakai</a>
22  project.</p>  project.</p>
23    
24    <p>Whatpm supports various Web standard technologies, including <a
25    href="#modules-html">HTML, XHTML</a>, <a href="#modules-xml">XML</a>,
26    <a hreF="#modules-css">CSS</a>, <a href="#modules-http">HTTP</a>, and
27    <a href="#modules-url">URL</a>.
28    </div>
29    
30    <div class=section id=modules>
31    <h2>Modules</h2>
32    
33    <div class=section id=modules-html-xml>
34    <h3>Modules for HTML and XML</h3>
35    
36    <p id=modules-html>Modules related to HTML and XHTML are as follows:
37    <dl>
38    <dt id=module-whatpm-html><a href="Whatpm/HTML.html"><code>Whatpm::HTML</code></a></dt>
39      <dd>An implementation of HTML5 document and fragment
40      parsing algorithms.  It can be used
41      to convert an arbitrary string into a
42      <abbr title="Document Object Model">DOM</abbr>.  (See also
43      <a href="#demo-html-parser">demo</a>.)</dd>
44    <dt id=module-whatpm-html-serializer><a href="Whatpm/HTML/Serializer.html"><code>Whatpm::HTML::Serializer</code></a></dt>
45      <dd>An implementation of HTML5 fragment serialization algorithm.
46      (See also <a href="#demo-html-parser">demo</a>.)</dd>
47    <dt><a href="Whatpm/HTMLTable.html"><code>Whatpm::HTMLTable</code></a></dt>
48      <dd>An implementation of the HTML5 table algorithm.  It can be
49      used to extract a table structure from a DOM <code>table</code>
50      element node.  (See also <a href="#demo-html-table">demo</a>.)</dd>
51    </dl>
52    
53    <p id=modules-xml>The module for <i>tentative</i> XML support is as follow:
54    <dl>
55    <dt><a href="Whatpm/XMLSerializer.html"><code>Whatpm::XMLSerializer</code></a></dt>
56      <dd>A simple XML serializer.</dd>
57    </dl>
58    
59    <p><i>Real</i> XML parser and serializer are currently not available yet.
60    
61    <p id=modules-cc>The module for conformance checking of a DOM tree (i.e.
62    a in-memory representation of a HTML or XML document) is as follows:
63  <dl>  <dl>
 <dt>Modules</dt>  
 <dd><dl>  
 <dt><a href="Whatpm/CacheManifest.html"><code>Whatpm::CacheManifest</code></a></dt>  
   <dd>An  
   <a href="http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#manifests">HTML5  
   cache manifest</a> parser.</dd>  
 <dt id=whatpm-charset-universalchardet><a href="Whatpm/Charset/UniversalCharDet.html"><code>Whatpm::Charset::UniversalCharDet</code></a></dt>  
   <dd>A Perl interface to universalchardet character encoding detection  
   library.</dd>  
64  <dt><a href="Whatpm/ContentChecker.html"><code>Whatpm::ContentChecker</code></a></dt>  <dt><a href="Whatpm/ContentChecker.html"><code>Whatpm::ContentChecker</code></a></dt>
65    <dd>A DOM5 HTML (in-memory representation of a document) conformance    <dd>A DOM5 HTML (in-memory representation of a document) conformance
66    checker with a partial support for Atom 1.0.  (See also    checker with a partial support for Atom 1.0.  (See also
67    <a href="#demo-html-parser">demo</a>.)</dd>    <a href="#demo-html-parser">demo</a>.)</dd>
68  <dt><a href="Whatpm/ContentType.html"><code>Whatpm::ContentType</code></a></dt>  </dl>
   <dd>An implementation of HTML5 Content Type sniffing algorithm.</dd>  
69    
70    <dt><a href="Whatpm/CSS/Cascade.html"><code>Whatpm::CSS::Cascade</code></a>  <p>Currently, conformance checking of HTML/XHTML and Atom documents
71      <dd>A media-independent implementation of CSS cascading and value  is supported.
72      computation.  (See also <a href="#demo-css-parser">demo</a>.)  
73    <dt><a href="Whatpm/CSS/Parser.html"><code>Whatpm::CSS::Parser</code></a>  <p>For these modules, a DOM implementation that supports the manakai's
74      <dd>A CSS parser that constructs CSSOM trees from style sheets.  (See  Perl binding<!-- @@ TODO: ref --> is necessary to represent a document
75      also <a href="#demo-css-parser">demo</a>.)  in memory.  The <a
76    href="http://suika.fam.cx/www/manakai-core/doc/web/">manakai-core</a>
77    package contains such an implementation,
78    <code>Message::DOM::Implementation</code><!-- @@ TODO: ref -->, but it
79    should also be possible to use any other implementation that supports
80    the binding.
81    </div>
82    
83    <div class=section id=modules-css>
84    <h3>Modules for CSS</h3>
85    
86    <p>Modules for CSS and related technologies are as follows:
87    <dl>
88    <dt><a href="Whatpm/CSS/Cascade.html"><code>Whatpm::CSS::Cascade</code></a>
89      <dd>A media-independent implementation of CSS cascading and value
90      computation.  (See also <a href="#demo-css-parser">demo</a>.)
91    <dt><a href="Whatpm/CSS/MediaQueryParser.pm"><code>Whatpm::CSS::MediaQueryParser</code></a>
92      <dd>A media query parser.
93    <dt><a href="Whatpm/CSS/MediaQuerySerializer.pm"><code>Whatpm::CSS::MediaQuerySerializer</code></a>
94      <dd>A media query serializer.
95    <dt><a href="Whatpm/CSS/Parser.html"><code>Whatpm::CSS::Parser</code></a>
96      <dd>A CSS parser that constructs CSSOM trees from style sheets.  (See
97      also <a href="#demo-css-parser">demo</a>.)
98  <dt><a href="Whatpm/CSS/SelectorsParser.html"><code>Whatpm::CSS::SelectorsParser</code></a></dt>  <dt><a href="Whatpm/CSS/SelectorsParser.html"><code>Whatpm::CSS::SelectorsParser</code></a></dt>
99    <dd>A <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-selectors/#grouping">group of    <dd>A <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-selectors/#grouping">group of
100    selectors</a> parser.  (See also <a href="#demo-css-parser">demo</a>.)</dd>    selectors</a> parser.  (See also <a href="#demo-css-parser">demo</a>.)</dd>
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104    and <a href="#demo-css-parser">demo</a>.)</dd>    and <a href="#demo-css-parser">demo</a>.)</dd>
105  <dt><a href="Whatpm/CSS/Tokenizer.html"><code>Whatpm::CSS::Tokenizer</code></a></dt>  <dt><a href="Whatpm/CSS/Tokenizer.html"><code>Whatpm::CSS::Tokenizer</code></a></dt>
106    <dd>A CSS tokenizer.  (See also <a href="#demo-css-parser">demo</a>.)</dd>    <dd>A CSS tokenizer.  (See also <a href="#demo-css-parser">demo</a>.)</dd>
107  <dt id=module-whatpm-html><a href="Whatpm/HTML.html"><code>Whatpm::HTML</code></a></dt>  </dl>
108    <dd>An implementation of HTML5 document and fragment  
109    parsing algorithms.  It can be used  <p>For the <code>Whatpm::CSS::Parser</code> module reresents a CSSOM
110    to convert an arbitrary string into a  tree, modules in the <a
111    <abbr title="Document Object Model">DOM</abbr>.  (See also  href="http://suika.fam.cx/www/manakai-core/doc/web/">manakai-core</a>
112    <a href="#demo-html-parser">demo</a>.)</dd>  package are used.  Those modules also provide the serializer for the
113  <dt id=module-whatpm-html-serializer><a href="Whatpm/HTML/Serializer.html"><code>Whatpm::HTML::Serializer</code></a></dt>  CSSOM tree, as the standard <code>css_text</code> attribute.
114    <dd>An implementation of HTML5 fragment serialization algorithm.  </div>
115    (See also <a href="#demo-html-parser">demo</a>.)</dd>  
116  <dt><a href="Whatpm/HTMLTable.html"><code>Whatpm::HTMLTable</code></a></dt>  <div class=section id=modules-http>
117    <dd>An implementation of the HTML5 table algorithm.  It can be  <h3>Modules for HTTP</h3>
118    used to extract a table structure from a DOM <code>table</code>  
119    element node.  (See also <a href="#demo-html-table">demo</a>.)</dd>  <p>Modules for HTTP and related technologies are as follows:
120    <dl>
121    <dt><a href="Whatpm/ContentType.html"><code>Whatpm::ContentType</code></a></dt>
122      <dd>An implementation of HTML5 Content Type sniffing algorithm.</dd>
123  <dt><a href="Whatpm/IMTChecker.html"><code>Whatpm::IMTChecker</code></a></dt>  <dt><a href="Whatpm/IMTChecker.html"><code>Whatpm::IMTChecker</code></a></dt>
124    <dd>An Internet Media Type (<abbr>aka</abbr> MIME type) label    <dd>An Internet Media Type (<abbr>aka</abbr> MIME type) label
125    conformance checker.</dd>    conformance checker.</dd>
126    </dl>
127    
128    <p>Currently, support for parsing of HTTP headers and as such is not
129    yet available.
130    </div>
131    
132    <div class=section id=modules-url>
133    <h3>Module for URL</h3>
134    
135    <p>Module for the URL support is as follows:
136    <dl>
137  <dt><a href="Whatpm/URIChecker.html"><code>Whatpm::URIChecker</code></a></dt>  <dt><a href="Whatpm/URIChecker.html"><code>Whatpm::URIChecker</code></a></dt>
138    <dd>An IRI reference conformance checker.</dd>    <dd>An IRI reference conformance checker.</dd>
139    </dl>
140    
141    <p>Support for HTML5's realistic definition of URL is not available yet.
142    </div>
143    
144    <div class=section id=modules-misc>
145    <h3>Modules for other technologies</h3>
146    
147    <p>Following modules provide support for other Web-related technologies:
148    <dl>
149    <dt><a href="Whatpm/CacheManifest.html"><code>Whatpm::CacheManifest</code></a></dt>
150      <dd>An
151      <a href="http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#manifests">HTML5
152      cache manifest</a> parser.</dd>
153    <dt><a href="Whatpm/Charset/DecodeHandle.html"><code>Whatpm::Charset::DecodeHandle</code></a>
154      <dd>A filehandle-like wrapper <a href="#doc-handles">interface</a> to
155      decode byte stream encoded in some character encoding.
156    <dt><a href="Whatpm/Charset/UnicodeChecker.html"><code>Whatpm::Charset::UnicodeChecker</code></a>
157      <dd>A Unicode character string checker.
158    <dt id=whatpm-charset-universalchardet><a href="Whatpm/Charset/UniversalCharDet.html"><code>Whatpm::Charset::UniversalCharDet</code></a></dt>
159      <dd>A Perl interface to universalchardet character encoding detection
160      library.</dd>
161      <dt><a href="Whatpm/LangTag.html"><code>Whatpm::LangTag</code></a>
162        <dd>A language tag parser and conformance checker, supporting both
163        older RFC 3066 definition and latest RFC 4646 definition.  (See also
164        <a href="#demo-langtag">demo</a>.)
165  <dt><a href="Whatpm/WebIDL.html"><code>Whatpm::WebIDL</code></a></dt>  <dt><a href="Whatpm/WebIDL.html"><code>Whatpm::WebIDL</code></a></dt>
166    <dd>A WebIDL fragment parser.  It parses an IDL fragment, whether conforming    <dd>A WebIDL fragment parser.  It parses an IDL fragment, whether conforming
167    or not, and constructs a DOM-like object model for further processing.    or not, and constructs a DOM-like object model for further processing.
168    Non-conforming (or broken) IDL fragment-like string will be parsed using    Non-conforming (or broken) IDL fragment-like string will be parsed using
169    CSS-like error-tolerant parsing rules, e.g. ignoring anything until next    CSS-like error-tolerant parsing rules, e.g. ignoring anything until next
170    <code>;</code> character.    <code>;</code> character.
171    </dl>
172    <dt><a href="Whatpm/LangTag.html"><code>Whatpm::LangTag</code></a>  </div>
     <dd>A language tag parser and conformance checker, supporting both  
     older RFC 3066 definition and latest RFC 4646 definition.  (See also  
     <a href="#demo-langtag">demo</a>.)  
   
 <dt><a href="Whatpm/XMLSerializer.html"><code>Whatpm::XMLSerializer</code></a></dt>  
   <dd>A simple XML serializer.</dd>  
   </dl>  
173    
174    <p>Note that all of these modules are <em>work in progress</em>    <p>Note that all of these modules are <em>work in progress</em>
175    and have <a href="#todo">a number of unresolved problems</a>.</p>    and have <a href="#todo">a number of unresolved problems</a>.</p>
176    
177    <p>Note also that some modules have no documentation for now.</p>    <p>Note also that some modules have no documentation for now.</p>
178    </dd>  
179  <dt id=spec>Specifications</dt>  <!-- Whatpm::ContentChecker::*, Whatpm::H2H, Whatpm::NanoDOM, and
180    <dd><dl>       Whatpm::XMLParser are intentionally omitted from the list. -->
181      <dt id=spec-ssft><a href="http://suika.fam.cx/www/markup/selectors/ssft/ssft"><abbr title="Selectors Serialization Format for Testing">SSFT</abbr>  </div>
182      Specification</a></dt>  
183        <dd>The specification for the serialization format used for  <div class=section id=documents>
184        testing Selectors-related modules.</dd>  <h2>Documents</h2>
185      <dt id=spec-manakai-selectors"><a href="http://suika.fam.cx/gate/2005/sw/manakai/Selectors%20Extensions">manakai's  
186      Selectors Extensions</a></dt>  <p>For the description of functionalities provided by each module, see
187        <dd>The specification for <code>:-manakai-<var>*</var></code>  <abbr>pod</abbr> documentation of the module.  HTML version of
188        pseudo-classes implemented by Selectors-related modules.</dd>  <abbr>pod</abbr> documentations are linked from the <a
189    </dl></dd>  href="#modules">list of modules above</a>.
190  <dt>Documentations</dt>  
191    <dd><dl>  <p>In addition, there are additional documents for some topics:
192    <dl>
193  <dt><a href="http://suika.fam.cx/gate/2005/sw/Whatpm%20Error%20Types">List of error types</a></dt>  <dt><a href="http://suika.fam.cx/gate/2005/sw/Whatpm%20Error%20Types">List of error types</a></dt>
194    <!-- @@ TODO: Need to update the link - the document above is out of date -->
195    <dd>Description of errors to be notified to callback functions by Whatpm    <dd>Description of errors to be notified to callback functions by Whatpm
196    modules.</dd>    modules.</dd>
197      <dt><a href="Whatpm/CSS/selectors-object">Selectors object</a></dt>  
198        <dd>Description of data structure for Selectors, as implemented by  <dt><a href="Whatpm/CSS/selectors-object">Selectors object</a></dt>
199        <a href="Whatpm/CSS/SelectorsParser.html"><code>Whatpm::CSS::SelectorsParser</code></a>    <dd>Description of data structure for Selectors, as implemented by
200        (as output), and    <a href="Whatpm/CSS/SelectorsParser.html"><code>Whatpm::CSS::SelectorsParser</code></a>
201        <a href="Whatpm/CSS/SelectorsSerializer.html"><code>Whatpm::CSS::SelectorsSerializer</code></a>    (as output), and
202        (as input)<!--, and    <a href="Whatpm/CSS/SelectorsSerializer.html"><code>Whatpm::CSS::SelectorsSerializer</code></a>
203        <a href="http://suika.fam.cx/www/manakai-core/lib/Message/DOM/SelectorsAPI.html"><code>Message::DOM::SelectorsAPI</code></a>-->.</dd>    (as input)<!--, and
204      <dt id=doc-user-data-names><a href="http://suika.fam.cx/gate/2005/sw/manakai/Predefined%20User%20Data%20Names">List of predefined user data names</a></dt>    <a href="http://suika.fam.cx/www/manakai-core/lib/Message/DOM/SelectorsAPI.html"><code>Message::DOM::SelectorsAPI</code></a>-->.</dd>
205        <dd>List of user data names defined by Whatpm modules.</dd>  
206      <dt id=doc-handles><a href="Whatpm/Charset/handles">Handle objects</a>  <dt id=doc-user-data-names><a href="http://suika.fam.cx/gate/2005/sw/manakai/Predefined%20User%20Data%20Names">List of predefined user data names</a></dt>
207        <dd>Description of character or byte stream input handle interfaces.    <dd>List of user data names defined by Whatpm modules.</dd>
208      </dl>  
209    </dd>  <dt id=doc-handles><a href="Whatpm/Charset/handles">Handle objects</a>
210      <dd>Description of character or byte stream input handle interfaces.
211    </dl>
212    
213    <p>Following specifications define Whatpm-specific formats and extensions:
214    <dl id=spec>
215    <dt id=spec-ssft><a href="http://suika.fam.cx/www/markup/selectors/ssft/ssft"><abbr title="Selectors Serialization Format for Testing">SSFT</abbr>
216    Specification</a></dt>
217      <dd>The specification for the serialization format used for
218      testing Selectors-related modules.</dd>
219    
220    <dt><a href="http://suika.fam.cx/gate/2005/sw/manakai/CSS%20Extensions">manakai's
221    CSS extensions</a>
222      <dd>The specification for <code>-manakai<var>*</var></code> properties
223      and property values implemented by CSS-related modules.
224    <dt id=spec-manakai-selectors"><a href="http://suika.fam.cx/gate/2005/sw/manakai/Selectors%20Extensions">manakai's
225    Selectors extensions</a>
226      <dd>The specification for <code>:-manakai-<var>*</var></code>
227      pseudo-classes implemented by Selectors-related modules.</dd>
228  </dl>  </dl>
 <!-- Whatpm::ContentChecker::*, Whatpm::H2H, Whatpm::NanoDOM, and  
      Whatpm::XMLParser are intentionally omitted from the list. -->  
229  </div>  </div>
230    
231  <div class="section" id="demo">  <div class="section" id="demo">
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