RE: Last call comments on XML Base

At 07:54 2000 07 11 -0700, Jonathan Marsh wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Paul Grosso [mailto:pgrosso@arbortext.com]
>> Sent: Monday, July 10, 2000 9:48 PM
>> To: Jonathan Marsh; 'Martin J. Duerst'
>> Cc: www-xml-linking-comments@w3.org
>> Subject: RE: Last call comments on XML Base

>> In fact, in section 4 we 
>> should talk 
>> less about resolving relative URIs, and rather talk about setting the
>> base URI, 
>
>The infoset talks about setting the base URI (as a property).  I tried to
>stick with XML structure to reduce overlap and potential inconsistencies.
>
>> and leaving how the base URI is used mostly to RFC 2396 except
>> insofar as how a relative URI reference in an xml:base itself 
>> is resolved
>> (which is definitely for the XML Base spec to say).

>I don't understand the benefits of such a revision.  I'd like to keep XML
>Base as short and stable as possible at this point.

My too, but I'd like to keep XML Base talking about setting the base URI
rather than how to resolve relative URI references.  I want XML Base
to be properly modular and not step out of its own proper scope.

paul