wiki dom-like structure

Hi,

Any thoughts about changing the parser so it works in two
steps? first, parse the wiki text to create a dom like
structure of elements (you can have TemplateCallElement,
InternalLinkElement etc.), then, traverse the tree, calling
tag or function hooks. this will allow much more powerful
extensions. 

Also, i think it will allow better handling of special
characters. By not using regular expressions, and creating a
tree of elements, special characters can be escaped
naturally (quoted, or with '').

Thanks,
Ittay

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also, if the function to create the dom structure is
separated, then the Semantic Mediawiki extension can use it
to parse the query string. then, plugging additional query
syntax may be possible.

Ittay Dror wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Any thoughts about changing the parser so it works in
two steps? first, parse the wiki text to create a dom like
structure of elements (you can have TemplateCallElement,
InternalLinkElement etc.), then, traverse the tree, calling
tag or function hooks. this will allow much more powerful
extensions. 
> 
> Also, i think it will allow better handling of special
characters. By not using regular expressions, and creating a
tree of elements, special characters can be escaped
naturally (quoted, or with '').
> 
> Thanks,
> Ittay
> 


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Chief architect, 
R&D, Qlusters Inc.
ittaydqlusters.com
+972-3-6081994 Fax: +972-3-6081841

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