Just a quick note that you can now download the sourcecode for the ccValidator from here. Requirements and (brief) instructions are contained in the README file.
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Category Archives: ccValidator
Validator Improvments
Thursday, October 23, 2003 – 4:40 pm
I’ve just moved an improved license validator into place . While I had initially planned to migrate away from straight-CGI coding with this update, the gods were against me. I started prototyping in Quixote , and ran into problems with Unicode encoding. So I decided to put the conversion on hold. [...]
Proposed Changes to the Validator
Wednesday, October 22, 2003 – 9:10 am
Thanks to the feedback I’ve received about the Creative Commons license validator, I now have a list of improvements and changes to implement. I’ve also decided that now is the time to move away from emitting plain-jane HTML with print statements, and move to a framework that actually helps me out. To that [...]
Yet another ccValidator update
Friday, October 17, 2003 – 6:00 pm
It seems like all I’m writing about here lately is ccValidator and ccLicense, but I suppose that’s OK. After my announcement this morning, it was pointed out that the validator didn’t exactly handle Unicode properly. So, some more regexing (for the XML encoding) and print “foo”.encode(encoding) action, and tah-dah! New ccValidator , now [...]
ccValidator Fixes
Friday, October 17, 2003 – 12:17 pm
Based on yesterday’s excellent feedback, I’ve updated the ccValidator code to it’s new, improved version. Things fixed include:
handling of large RDF blocks
handling of work information is largely improved (multiple works are supported, sub-segments render properly, etc)
tweaks to handle changes made in ccLicense.py
So go on, validate your license, and let me know if you run [...]
