[subbu@earth:~/work/wmf/parsoid] cat /tmp/wt {| | rowspan=3 text align=center {{Party shading/Republican}}| [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]<br>(cast by Democratic electors) |} [subbu@earth:~/work/wmf/parsoid] parse.js --normalize=parsoid < /tmp/wt <table> <tbody> <tr> <td rowspan="3" typeof="mw:ExpandedAttrs" data-mw='{"attribs":[[{"txt":"style","html":"<span typeof=\"mw:Transclusion\" data-mw='{\"parts\":[{\"template\":{\"target\":{\"wt\":\"Party shading/Republican\",\"href\":\"./Template:Party_shading/Republican\"},\"params\":{},\"i\":0}}]}'>style=\"background:#FFB6B6\"</span>"},{"html":""}]]}'><a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="./Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a><br/>(cast by Democratic electors)</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> [subbu@earth:~/work/wmf/parsoid] parse.js --wt2wt < /tmp/wt {| | rowspan="3" {{Party shading/Republican}} text |[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]<br>(cast by Democratic electors) |}
In the parse output, the align=center attribute is missing which causes it to disappear in wt2wt. Additionally and more minorly, the text attribute is reordered in wt2wt output