[closed] Re: base url for rdf test cases

On Tue, 5 Aug 2003, Arjohn Kampman wrote:

> Jan Grant wrote:
> > It's the line quoted above. Would "Relative URLs listed in this table"
> > be explicit enough?
>
> I realize now that I have misread the line ever since the working draft
> of 29 April 2002... If I understand correctly now, the base URI should
> be applied to the relative URLs that can be found in the table. I always
> thought the base URI should be applied to any relative URIs that are
> present _in_ the test case files. Sorry for that!

That's ok - I knew the problem was the ambiguous phrasing, but I failed
to make it clear enough.

> I would suggest rephrasing the line to:
>
>      "The URLs of test case files in this table are relative to the base
>       URI http://www.w3.org/2000/10/rdf-tests/rdfcore/"

Since the only relative URLs are those referring to test cases, I'm
inclined to drop "of test cases" to skirt any chance for ambiguity.
Cheers Arjohn, I'll make the fix.


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