Re: same-document references

> Boris: " I can't quite tell what the proposal is here, but<example-of-something-that-is-needed>  "
> Larry: "There is no way to get<example-of-something-that-is-needed>  in<special-situation>"
>
>    <example-of-something-that-is-needed>  =
>   "a resolved URI that can then be pasted into various places as a string and give the expected behavior"
>
> <special-situation>  =
>      "the content has no uniform interpretation URI"

OK....

> My proposal is
>      Use "thismessage:/" as the base for #fragment URIs independent of base.
>
>      There are SOME places into which "thismessage:/#fragment" can be
>      pasted as a string and give the expected behavior.
>
>     There are other places where it cannot. However, those places don't work for
>     content that doesn't have an absolute URI in the first place.

OK.  So your proposal is that if I copy a same-document link from some 
document in a browser and paste it into a different browser window it 
should just fail, right?

> Copy/paste of "thismessage:/#fragment" URIs would need to attempt
> to turn "thismessage:/" into the actual URI for the document in the case
> where the document has a URI.
>
> Is this clearer?

Yep.  I believe it's unacceptable due to the issue above.

-Boris

Received on Sunday, 26 June 2011 23:22:06 UTC