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Re: 4.2 Location-source/Base address

From: Tim Bray <tbray@textuality.com>
Date: Wed, 05 Mar 1997 12:53:14 -0800
Message-Id: <3.0.32.19970305124032.00978ab0@pop.intergate.bc.ca>
To: w3c-sgml-wg@w3.org
At 12:33 PM 3/4/97 -0800, Tim Bray wrote:
>4.2.a Should we formalize at all the concept of a base address? 

Yes, it's generally useful for a variety of reasons, e.g. replication
support, it's a real pity that HTML BASE is in general not better 
defined and understood.

>4.2.b If so, should we call it a location source or something else? 

Don't care.

>4.2.c Should we formalize the concept of the implied location source? 

No, the cost-return ratio doesn't seem that good; perhaps Eliot has some
killer examples though. -T.
Received on Wednesday, 5 March 1997 15:54:21 EST

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