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Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 17:53:43 +0700
From: "Stepan Mishura" <stepan.mishura@gmail.com>
To: harmony-dev@incubator.apache.org
Subject: Re: [classlib][html] Please evaluate proposed ASN.1 notation for HTML
 DTD
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On 8/24/06, Miguel Montes wrote:
>
> Thanks Stepan. So, it should be
>
> BDTD ::= SEQUENCE {
>        name UTF8String,
>        entity SET OF HTMLEntity,
>        element SET OF HTMLElement
> }
>
> HTMLEntity ::= SEQUENCE {
>        name UTF8String,
>        value INTEGER,
>        general [0] IMPLICIT BOOLEAN DEFAULT FALSE,
>        parameter [1] IMPLICIT BOOLEAN DEFAULT FALSE,
>        data UTF8String
> }
>
> HTMLElement ::= SEQUENCE {
>        index INTEGER,
>        name UTF8String,
>        type INTEGER,
>        oStart BOOLEAN,
>        oEnd BOOLEAN,
>        exclusions SET OF INTEGER,
>        inclusions SET OF INTEGER,
>        attributes SET OF HTMLElementAttributes OPTIONAL,
>        contentModel HTMLContentModel
> }
>
> HTMLContentModel ::= SEQUENCE OF SEQUENCE {
>        type INTEGER,
>        index INTEGER
> }
>
> HTMLElementAttributes ::= SEQUENCE {
>        name UTF8String,
>        type INTEGER,
>        modifier INTEGER,
>        defaultValue UTF8String OPTIONAL,
>        possibleValues SET OF UTF8String OPTIONAL
> }
>
>
> If we want exclusions and inclusions in HTMLElement to be optional, it
> should be something like
>
> HTMLElement ::= SEQUENCE {
>        index INTEGER,
>        name UTF8String,
>        type INTEGER,
>        oStart BOOLEAN,
>        oEnd BOOLEAN,
>        exclusions [0] IMPLICIT SET OF INTEGER OPTIONAL,
>        inclusions [1] IMPLICIT SET OF INTEGER OPTIONAL,
>        attributes SET OF HTMLElementAttributes OPTIONAL,
>        contentModel HTMLContentModel
> }
>
> Is this right?


Yes, that is right.

- Stepan.

On 8/23/06, Stepan Mishura wrote:
> >
> > Hi Miguel,
> >
> > I've looked thought proposed ASN.1 notation and it looks OK for me. I
> have
> > only few comments.
> > (However I don't know all details of DTD, i.e. I've not checked whether
> > your
> > notation correctly represents DTD so I'll comment only proposed
> > ASN.1notation.)
> >
> > BTW, I've changed the subject if you don't mind.
> >
> > Common remark: a component of SEQUENCE(OF), SET(OF) should starts with a
> > lower-case letter.
> >
> > Other comment see below.
> >
> > On 8/23/06, Miguel Montes wrote:
> >
> > > Hi:
> > > We are working on the html parser, and need to have working DTD. The
> > > current
> > > implementation of DTD.read(), based on serialization, has some
> problems,
> > > and
> > > I think we should have a well defined binary format. I suggest the
> > > following
> > > ASN.1 format, and if there is consensus on it, we could contribute the
> > > code
> > > to read and write it.
> > > I would like to hear the opinion of Stepan and anyone who has worked
> > with
> > > ASN.1 before.
> > >
> > > BDTD ::= SEQUENCE {
> > >       Name UTF8String,
> > >       Entity SET OF HTMLEntity,
> > >       Element SET OF HTMLElement
> > > }
> > >
> > > HTMLEntity ::= SEQUENCE {
> > >       Name UTF8String,
> > >       Value INTEGER,
> > >       General BOOLEAN DEFAULT FALSE,
> > >       Parameter BOOLEAN DEFAULT FALSE,
> > >       Data UTF8String
> > > }
> >
> >
> > This won't work. I'll try to explain. We have 2 DEFAULT components here.
> > If
> > a component is declared as DEFAULT then it is also OPTIONAL and can be
> > missed. A decoder can detect which component is missed only if a in
> block
> > of
> > OPTIONAL components plus next mandatory component all elements are
> > distinct.
> >
> > We have the next block:
> > general         BOOLEAN    DEFAULT FALSE
> > parameter    BOOLEAN    DEFAULT FALSE
> > data              UTF8String
> >
> > So 1-st and 2-nd elements are not distinct. This can be fixed by tagging
> > some elements. I'd use implicit tagging, for example:
> >
> > general                                    BOOLEAN    DEFAULT FALSE
> > parameter    [0]  IMPLICIT     BOOLEAN    DEFAULT FALSE
> >
> > or
> >
> > general         [0]  IMPLICIT     BOOLEAN    DEFAULT FALSE
> > parameter    [1]  IMPLICIT     BOOLEAN    DEFAULT FALSE
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Stepan.
> >
> > P.S. I'll let you know if I have more corrections.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > HTMLElement ::= SEQUENCE {
> > >       Index INTEGER,
> > >       Name UTF8String,
> > >       Type INTEGER,
> > >       OStart BOOLEAN,
> > >       OEnd BOOLEAN,
> > >       Exclusions SET OF INTEGER,
> > >       Inclusions SET OF INTEGER,
> > >       Attributes SET OF HTMLElementAttributes OPTIONAL,
> > >       ContentModel HTMLContentModel,
> > > }
> > >
> > > HTMLContentModel ::= SEQUENCE OF SEQUENCE {
> > >       Type INTEGER,
> > >       Index INTEGER
> > > }
> > >
> > > HTMLElementAttributes ::= SEQUENCE {
> > >       Name UTF8String,
> > >       Type INTEGER,
> > >       Modifier INTEGER,
> > >       DefaultValue UTF8String OPTIONAL,
> > >       PossibleValues SET OF UTF8String OPTIONAL
> > > }
> > > --
> > > Miguel Montes
> > >
>
>
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