Re: XBase is in conflict with RFC 2396

In message "Re: XBase is in conflict with RFC 2396",
Richard Tobin wrote...
 >> I think this is a violation of RFC 2396.
 >
 >I think XBase goes beyond RFC 2396, and RFC 2396 should be updated.
 >In particular, the RFC refers to "the base URI of a document", but
 >XBase allows a document to have different base URIs in different
 >parts.  This is essential for some purposes (eg reserialisation
 >after entity expansion).

I think that we should not allow default values for xml:base prior 
to such updates to RFC 2396.

As a co-author of RFC 2376 (XML Media Types), I am preparing an 
Internet Draft which is intended to supersede RFC 2376.  This 
draft will point out this issue.  It will then be reviewed by 
IETF people, especially URI people.

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MURATA Makoto  muraw3c@attglobal.net

Received on Wednesday, 26 April 2000 12:39:34 UTC