Tip: Convert from HTML to XML with HTML Tidy

Conclusion

HTML Tidy is one of those neat little utilities that all webmasters should have in their toolbox. It is particularly helpful for XML/XSL webmasters because it can output XHTML. Any other vocabulary is only a stylesheet away.

Resources:

• Download the source code used in this article, including the author's photo gallery.
  
  
• Download HTML Tidy from
  SourceForge. It runs on Windows, Linux, MacOS, and other platforms. Graphical interfaces and a library (useful for embedding in a workflow) are available on the same site. A Java-language version, JTidy, is also available.
  
  
• Visit Dave Raggett's
  Web site, the original home of HTML Tidy, for a wealth of information.
  
  
• Read Fundamentals of Web publishing with XML (developerWorks, July 2003) by Benoît Marchal for step-by-step instructions on Web publishing with XML and XSL.
  
  
• Use stylesheets to publish online galleries with Divide and conquer large XML documents (developerWorks, June 2003), also by the author.
  
  
• Learn more about XHTML on the W3C's HTML home page.
  
  
• For more insights into XHTML, read The Web's future: XHTML 2.0 (developerWorks, September 2002) by Nicolas Chase.
  
  
• Find more XML resources on the developerWorks
  XML zone. For a complete list of XML tips to date, check out the
  tips summary page.
  
  
• IBM's DB2 database provides not only relational database storage, but also XML-related tools such as the DB2 XML Extender , which provides a bridge between XML and relational systems. Visit the DB2 Developer Domain to learn more about DB2.
  
  
• Find out how you can become an IBM Certified Developer in XML and related technologies.