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