[Bug 29939] [FO31] fn:transform stylesheet-base-uri options

https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=29939

--- Comment #1 from Michael Kay <mike@saxonica.com> ---
What the spec says is:

The static base URI of the principal stylesheet module. Defaults to the value
of stylesheet-location or the base URI of stylesheet-node if available;
otherwise absent (which may cause failures, for example if an xsl:include or
xsl:import is present with a relative URI). If the value is a relative
reference, it is resolved against the static base URI of the fn:transform
function call.

I think there are two cases where it is useful:

(a) when the input has no known base URI, e.g. input from raw lexical XML or
from a DOM, or when the static base URI of the function call itself is
meaningless (which will often be the case if the call is from XPath).

(b) when you want more control over the base URI e.g. for resolving relative
xsl:include and xsl:import references.

XSLT 3.0 says "Static base URI: In a conventional interpreted environment, the
static base URI of an expression in the stylesheet is the base URI of the
containing element in the stylesheet." and then goes on to list other
possibilities.

There's a very wide range of operational scenarios possible here including the
case for example where the actual stylesheet execution is done remotely.
Cross-site scripting rules might impose constraints. So I would expect some
variation in the operational semantics - this function is designed on the basis
that it has to handle a lot of variability in operational details. I think it
would be a mistake to try and reduce the amount of flexibility on offer.

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Received on Tuesday, 18 October 2016 09:31:18 UTC