diff --git a/addons/base/controllers/main.py b/addons/base/controllers/main.py
index 6e99aed0c36..0258b86e616 100644
--- a/addons/base/controllers/main.py
+++ b/addons/base/controllers/main.py
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ class View(openerpweb.Controller):
         :param session: Current OpenERP session
         :type session: openerpweb.openerpweb.OpenERPSession
         """
-        domain = elem.get(attr_name)
+        domain = elem.get(attr_name, '').strip()
         if domain:
             try:
                 elem.set(
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ class View(openerpweb.Controller):
         """
         self.parse_domain(elem, 'domain', session)
         self.parse_domain(elem, 'filter_domain', session)
-        context_string = elem.get('context')
+        context_string = elem.get('context', '').strip()
         if context_string:
             try:
                 elem.set('context',
diff --git a/addons/base/test/test_view.py b/addons/base/test/test_view.py
index fa1779665f8..e5c6162dae0 100644
--- a/addons/base/test/test_view.py
+++ b/addons/base/test/test_view.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class ViewTest(unittest2.TestCase):
 
     def test_convert_literal_domain(self):
         e = xml.etree.ElementTree.Element(
-            'field', domain="[('somefield', '=', 3)]")
+            'field', domain="  [('somefield', '=', 3)]  ")
         self.view.parse_domains_and_contexts(e, None)
 
         self.assertEqual(
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ class ViewTest(unittest2.TestCase):
 
     def test_convert_literal_context(self):
         e = xml.etree.ElementTree.Element(
-            'field', context="{'some_prop':  3}")
+            'field', context="  {'some_prop':  3}  ")
         self.view.parse_domains_and_contexts(e, None)
 
         self.assertEqual(