Both xml:base and the Infoset REC are currently silent about fragment identifiers. xml:base talks about says the value of an xml:base attribute should be a URI reference per 2396, i.e. allows a fragment identifier, and nowhere says the "base URI" derived from xml:base attributes should strip a fragment identifier if one is present. The Infoset REC just says "use 'base URI' as specified by xml:base REC". I don't think we should touch this, per "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" -- no-one is complaining about it, it has no ill effects (because absolutisation, as specified in 2396 anyway, ignores everythin after the last /, to speak informally), and making it illegal would render virtually all existing processors non-conformant. ht -- Henry S. Thompson, HCRC Language Technology Group, University of Edinburgh Half-time member of W3C Team 2 Buccleuch Place, Edinburgh EH8 9LW, SCOTLAND -- (44) 131 650-4440 Fax: (44) 131 650-4587, e-mail: ht@inf.ed.ac.uk URL: http://www.ltg.ed.ac.uk/~ht/ [mail really from me _always_ has this .sig -- mail without it is forged spam]Received on Wednesday, 16 February 2005 17:06:46 GMT
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