Re: Absolute BASE
Rob (wlkngowl@unix.asb.com)
Thu, 26 Feb 1998 23:03:11 -0500
Message-Id: <199802270416.XAA25397@unix.asb.com>
From: "Rob" <wlkngowl@unix.asb.com>
To: Alex Fabrikant <afabrikant@smtpgtwy.ausd.k12.ca.us>
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 1998 23:03:11 -0500
CC: www-html@w3.org
In-reply-to: <s4f567a9.088@smtpgtwy.ausd.k12.ca.us>
Subject: Re: Absolute BASE
On 26 Feb 98, Alex Fabrikant <afabrikant@smtpgtwy.ausd.k12.ca.us>
replied to:
> >Any paticular reason for requiring the HREF attribute in the BASE element
> >to be an absolute URI? Why not resolve a relative URI according to the
> >document's URI?
>
> That would be contrary to the purpose of BASE though, wouldn't it?
> BASE DEFINES what the relative URIs are based on, and make the href
> for *base* relative as well would pretty much defeat the purpose
Another use of base is to define the default target window. So for
example, a menu frame can have
<BASE TARGET="rightWindow">
which makes sense to the major browsers but of course doesn't validate,
since the required HREF is missing. Well, one can put the HREF in there,
but it's awkward when testing pages on a local machine or a mirroring web
pages.
Which is why I suspect the question was asked.
Rob
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