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The objective of the package is to provide a fast and
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essential HTML check (esp. for CGI scripts where response
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time is important) to prevent a piece of user input HTML
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code from messing up the rest of a file, i.e., to minimize
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and localize any possible damage created by including a
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piece of user input HTML text in a dynamic document.
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HTMLQuickCheck checks for unmatched < and >, unmatched
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tags and improper nesting, which could ruin the rest of
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the document. Attributes and elements with optional end
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tags are not checked, as they should not cause disasters
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with any decent browsers (they should ignore any
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unrecognized tags and attributes according to the
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standard). A piece of HTML that passes HTMLQuickCheck may
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not necessarily be valid HTML, but it would be very
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unlikely to screw others but itself. A valid piece of HTML
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that doesn't pass the HTMLQuickCheck is however very
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likely to screw many browsers(which are obviously broken
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in terms of strict conformance).
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HTMLQuickCheck currently supports HTML 1.0, 2.x (draft),
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3.0 (draft) and netscape extensions (1.1).
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