Re: Canonicalization xml:base processing

Richard Tobin scripsit:

> I was surprised that <b> still has the . and .., but that is right
> according to RFC2396: because the path is absolute, the algorithm is
> not applied to it.  

I believe this summary is correct:

In 2396 resolution, dot-segments in the relative path are special, dot-segments
in the base URI are not.

In 3986 resolution, dot-segments in both the relative path and the
base URI are special.

In neither RFC are dot-segments in absolute URIs special, though HTTP servers
may treat them specially.

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Received on Tuesday, 30 May 2006 17:31:27 UTC