Re: Referencing URI and IRI in XML specs

> Looking at the editors draft of XML 1.0, XML 1.1, XML Namespaces 1.0,
> and XML Namespaces 1.1, I noticed that all of them reference RFC 2396.
> Shouldn't they reference the new RFC 3986 instead?

I don't think this makes much difference.  And if it does make a
difference, we shouldn't change it at this late stage.

> Also, the date on the IRI spec in XML Namespaces 1.1 needs to be updated
> s/October 26, 2003/January 2005/. And the URI for RFC 3987 is
> http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc3987.txt.

Oops.  I've checked in a new version.

> The date for XML 1.1 will also need an update (maybe at REC time).

Should it refer explicitly to the second edition?  And should Namespaces
1.0 be updated to refer to the fourth edition?

-- Richard

Received on Tuesday, 13 June 2006 13:14:05 UTC