[Bug 4872] SML shouldn't reference xpointer

http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=4872





------- Comment #3 from cmsmcq@w3.org  2007-09-27 02:44 -------
I'm not quite sure what you mean.  XPath 1.0 and XPath 2.0 
are both W3C recommendations.

It's true that no W3C Rec specifies their use as an XPointer
scheme.  But the problem which gave rise to this bug report
is that the expression language of the xpointer() scheme is 
defined only by a Working Draft (and one on which no WG is
now working); on that point, XPath 1.0 and XPath 2.0 are on
a rather different footing.

The element() scheme seems far too brittle to be useful for 
cross references in a dynamic system.  Relying on it 
would make SML reference error prone, and at the same time
ensure that most of the errors would not be readily detectable
(because the reference will not fail to resolve, just resolve
to the wrong element).

Received on Thursday, 27 September 2007 02:45:14 UTC