[JDEV] Rich Text in Jabber

Wed Sep 27 14:58:13 CDT 2000

style= is for CSS, the thing which is supposed to provide style for
HTML/XML markup.

I will soon be writing a little proposal of all the elements which
jabber clients *must* support, *should* support, and *can* support
concerning XHTML-Basic. I do not believe we will be using CSS because
CSS parsers are not easy to create, unfortunately.

Julian

Mark Zamoyta wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> I see that the JPG recommends XHTML Basic for rich text...
> 
> <message to="horatio at denmark">
>   <body>Angels and Ministers of Grace, defend us!</body>
>   <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml-basic">
>     <body>
>       <div style="font-size: medium; color: red; text-align: center">
>         Angels and Ministers of Grace, defend us!
>       </div>
>     </body>
>   </html>
> </message>
> 
> I went to the w3.org site to figure this out, and after jumping around for
> an hour I realize I gotta be an expert in HTML modules & XML to figure this
> out!!  Does anyone know a site that lists all the tags and attributes for
> XHTML Basic in a simple format?
> 
> Another thing I don't get is the style="..." attribute in the example.  The
> whole point of XML is to simply hold data in tags and attributes, however
> this attribute needs its own parser to grab 3 different values out of it!!
> I know it's not brain surgery to parse it, but it defeats the purpose of
> using XML.
> 
> If someone can point me to a site that explains this simply I'd appreciate
> it... otherwise I'll try to decrypt w3.org documents!   Or is there a better
> standard Jabber can use for rich text?
> 
> Thanks,
> Mark
> 
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