Re: convert XHTML to wiki markup with XML_Transformer

Armen wrote:

bertrand Gugger wrote:

Bonjour, Armen wrote:

Hi, I want to convert XHTML to Wiki markup language. I found that I can convert XML with XML_Transformer. yes it's very simple to do but I don't know I can convert XHTML to Wiki with XML_Transformer too? if you know any other PEAR package that can helps me to convert XHTML to Wiki let me know about that or if you have experiences with XML_Transformer please help me! Regards, Armen

Transforming XHTML into Wiki markup is something lot of people would like to have. Big value but very hard task. I would say the complexity is very high and unfortunately still overcomes the added value. It should be clear from the beginning it's impossible to do it for: * 100% of the contents , depending on the wiki , not all XHTML features are translatable , far from it. * 100% of the ways to write XHTML , for example , you can specify a link in very different ways , but that different ways should be converted in a single wiki markup. That means , you can never hope to get a full converter but only some partial automatization which would still need some human intervention , or would at least produce some "garbage"... Only very simple XHTML could be fully converted. Now, for the ways , it's an evidence that can only be achieved through some xml parsing , I mean no text parsing. What first needs to have your XHTML as conformant XML , but tidy can do it. For the parser , I would not rely on some unmaintained package ... then better use XSLT. No joke , I would use basic XML_Parser ... I guess some easier means exist , but I feear you need to to go down so raw in the interpretation. Naturally , for such back rendering , I would use some way of tokenized intermediate form , as does Text_Wiki , so the machine is re-usable. High value , heavy investment :) à+

Thanks for reply, I can write a Parser for Text_Wiki for doing that, what you think? I can grab only valueable tags and then strip other unneccesary tags. If you have any idea let me know :) Regards, Armen Such thing would be very interesting.

As you should know , I'm no more directly involved in Text_Wiki development , anyway , I believe it's the way interpretation (and transorm) of text should go. I can help you to do it , if you consider test and validation can be an help. It's no offer for a fork of Paul's baby , but a way to prepare things. Long time Paul or Justin and many agree the package must change , and why not , become Text_Markup. We have a real implementation basis , even if users don't know they use it (that's the target). We get several inquiries for conversions wiki to wiki too. Regards -- toggg