[oslc-core] rich text fields

[Arthur Ryman]

Robert,

If we support multiple rich text formats then it increases the burden on 
all consumers and providers, for example to do full text search, or to 
present rich text in web pages, reports and documents.

It simplifies interchange and collaboration if OSLC standardizes on a 
single format for rich text. IMHO, XHTML is the best candidate since it is 
widely supported, is a W3 standard,  and is XML compliant, which makes it 
easy to parse. Most text editors can export and import XHTML.

You mention wiki text, but each wiki has its own special syntax. AFAIK, 
there is no standardization or media types for any given wiki dialect. 
Wikis convert their markup to HTML anyway for display on the web so it 
would seem that any tool that captured rich text on a wiki would have the 
capability to convert it to HTML. There are tools for converting HTML to 
XHTML, e.g. HTML Tidy. If this conversion is done at interchange time then 
it simplifies all other consumers.

Regards, 
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Arthur Ryman, PhD, DE


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From:
Robert Elves <robert.elves at tasktop.com>
To:
oslc-core at open-services.net
Date:
03/30/2010 10:41 AM
Subject:
[oslc-core] rich text fields
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Hi Group,

I need to raise a concern about strict use of xhtml in the current core 
spec.  Although this will work great for those services that use html, I'm 
concerned that for many services out there that use another syntax (i.e. 
text / wiki), this may unnecessarily complicate both the producers and 
consumers. Is it worth exploring inclusion of a media type attribute on 
these properties?

Thanks,

-Rob


-- 
Robert Elves
Tasktop Developer, http://tasktop.com/
Mylyn Committer, http://eclipse.org/mylyn
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