[Bug 5303] Recognize URI scheme without schema assessment

http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=5303





------- Comment #5 from sandygao@ca.ibm.com  2007-12-13 18:32 -------
To answer the question raised in comment #4.

The latter: it's not using the URI scheme, because the reference is not
recognized as an instance of the URI scheme.

To avoid potential confusion, we could clarify that scheme implementations can
only report errors for their recognized instances. For example, maybe in 4.3,
after the 3 requirements, add something like: 

"A schema definition MAY impose additional requirements on references
recognized as instances of the scheme. Such requirements, if any, MUST NOT be
applied by scheme implementations to references that are not instances of the
corresponding scheme."

Received on Thursday, 13 December 2007 18:32:50 UTC