[uf-discuss] Generically converting JSON to POSH

[Kevin Marks]

XOXO is the generic way to turn JSON into HTML (and back) -  see

http://www.mail-archive.com/microformats-discuss@microformats.org/msg06827.html

The problem is knowing what are user-visible keys and what aren't

On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 6:01 AM, Nirmal Patel <nirmal at gatech.edu> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 4:52 AM, Toby A Inkster <mail at tobyinkster.co.uk> wrote:
> <snip>
> > Looks quite good. Personally I'd have converted JSON objects into definition
> > lists using DT for the key and DD for the value though. Then perhaps add the
> > key to the class of each *as well*. So, for instance:
> >
> > {
> >  "key1" : "value1" ,
> >  "key2" : "value2"
> > }
> >
> > becomes:
> >
> > <dl class="json-object">
> >  <dt class="key1">key1</dt>
> >  <dd class="key1">value1</dt>
> >  <dt class="key2">key2</dt>
> >  <dd class="key2">value2</dt>
> > </dl>
>
> I had initially done this but came to the conclusion that this put key1 into
> the html as content and that seemed wrong.
>
> >
> > Which should be more flexible with regards to styling, and probably more
> > useful when looked at without CSS. If you happen to like the unordered list
> > look, then:
>
> I never intended to use the results of this library for exploring the JS. I
> suppose that this should be made more explicit.
>
> >
> > dl.json-object dt { display: none; }
> > dl.json-object dd { list-style-type: circle; }
>
> And this was exactly how I styled the result. :)
>
> >
> > However, have you considered what happens when the object keys contain
> > whitespace characters? e.g.
> >
> > {
> >  "some key" : "some value"
> > }
> >
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> >
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