[thelist] Browser parsing
rudy
r937 at interlog.com
Thu Mar 15 06:57:46 CST 2001
> I'm in the process of creating some web tutorials and wondered
> anyone could furnish me with a detailed explanation of what the
> term 'Parsing' means in relation to the web.
hi mark
parsing refers to the analysis of the structure of the page
at least, that's my understanding ;o)
remember parsing in english class in school?
sentence ::= [noun phrase] [verb phrase]
noun phrase ::= [modifying clause] [adjectives] noun
etc. (you can tell i'm making this up)
html is parsed in a similar fashion -- the page consists of a head and a
body, the head contains title, metas, and scripts, the body contains....
well, you get the picture
one topic you may want to include in your tutorial is validation
go to http://validator.w3.org and you will see there is an option to show
the "parse tree" for the page being validated
tell your students to try it on a few pages and look at the parse tree that
their pages generate
rudy.ca
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