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  1. POHow to force exist to retrieve an HTML file "as is", not adding <?xml and not merging </-s?
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    copied!<p>Does anybody know how to force exist to retrieve an HTML file "as is", not adding <code>&lt;?xml</code> and not merging <code>&lt;/</code>-s? </p> <p>Even wikipedia <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML" rel="nofollow">wikipedia</a> says:</p> <ul> <li>Include an extra space in empty-element tags: for example <code>&lt;br /&gt;</code> instead of <code>&lt;br/&gt;</code>.</li> <li>Include explicit close tags for elements that permit content but are left empty (for example, <code>&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</code>, not <code>&lt;div /&gt;</code>). </li> </ul> <p>Case:</p> <p>HTML file stored in eXist DB:</p> <pre><code>&lt;div id="idADADScreen"&gt; &lt;div id="idADADTop"&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div id="idADADMiddle"&gt; &lt;div id="idADADLeft"&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div id="idADADCenter"&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div id="idADADRight"&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div id="idADADBottom"&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; </code></pre> <p>When retrieved with wget, the empty tags are melt:</p> <pre><code>&lt;?xml... ?&gt; &lt;div id="idADADScreen"&gt; &lt;div id="idADADTop"/&gt; &lt;div id="idADADMiddle"&gt; &lt;div id="idADADLeft"/&gt; &lt;div id="idADADCenter"/&gt; &lt;div id="idADADRight"/&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div id="idADADBottom"/&gt; &lt;/div&gt; </code></pre> <p>In a Chrome and all others, the object hierarchy laughs on /></p> <pre><code>&lt;div id="idADADScreen"&gt; &lt;div id="idADADTop"&gt; &lt;div id="idADADMiddle"&gt; &lt;div id="idADADLeft"&gt; &lt;div id="idADADCenter"&gt; &lt;div id="idADADRight"&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div id="idADADBottom"&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; </code></pre> <p>Right and bottom closed because there are two valid <code>&lt;/div&gt;</code> s in the original</p>
 

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