At 04:12 PM 6/13/00 -0400, Tim Berners-Lee wrote: >I would summarize [1] as clarified as the abolutization in principle >but with it pointed out that in certain cases systems >can be demonstrably correct without actually knowing the base URI. That's unfortunate, because I summarize it as no absolutization in principle, but absolutization as something that can be layered on top of a parser by an application. >I would find it very acceptable if there were a consensus >with this proposal (with clarifications in the wording) on this >list. I would then suggest we take it back to DOM and >all the groups which are looking for a way to go forward. I hope there is consensus, but as I find myself reading [1] with the clarifications made in [2] and [4], I'm still not sure we're on the same page. >I would second Al's call for a lull in issues which do not >pertain to this until we can declare victory on it. I'm finding those other issues far more interesting than the absolutization debate, and hope they find a welcome home somewhere, whether or not victory is declared. >[1] - http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/xml-uri/2000Jun/0406.html >[2] - http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/xml-uri/2000Jun/0460.html >[4] - http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/xml-uri/2000Jun/0481.html Simon St.Laurent XML Elements of Style / XML: A Primer, 2nd Ed. Building XML Applications Inside XML DTDs: Scientific and Technical Cookies / Sharing Bandwidth http://www.simonstl.comReceived on Tuesday, 13 June 2000 19:35:49 GMT
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