Re: [wsrp] WSRP and DOCTYPE

[Subbu Allamaraju <subbu@bea.com>]

A use case came up recently at work. In this case, the portlet markup is 
generated by a third-party reporting software. That software assumed 
quirks mode, but the consumer is setting strict mode. Currently, this 
was fixed by making the consumer set quirks mode DOCTYPE. I think they 
had to fix some consumer-generated markup (for the aggregated page) to 
make it render well in their browser-of-choice.

I'm not sure what happens if the consumer sets quirks mode but portlets 
render standard mode.

The argument that was put to me is that if the producer is made aware of 
the DOCTYPE by the consumer, we can at least say "I told you so" :).

Is anyone aware of similar problems across other (non-html) markup types?

Subbu

Rich Thompson wrote:
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> Are there use cases where portlet developers are encouraged to write 
> markup that requires quirky interpretation by the browser?
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> I can understand there might be a problem if the Consumer sets the page 
> into strict mode and interpreting a portlet's markup requires quirky 
> mode, but is there any problem with the inverse case (page in quirky 
> mode and a portlet generates strict markup)?
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> Rich
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> *Subbu Allamaraju <subbu@bea.com>*
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> 10/26/2004 09:35 PM
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> I've question on how best to deal with DOCTYPE issues.
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> Browsers use DOCTYPE to determine whether to render a page in strict
> mode or quirks mode. This causes problems for WSRP, since portlets will
> not have a clue of the DOCTYPE used by the consumer. So, the generated
> markup may not render correctly.
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> One possible solution is to let the consumer send the DOCTYPE to the
> producer. But, before submitting a change request for this, I would like
> to know what markup experts in this group think?
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> Regards,
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> Subbu
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