- From: Frederick Hirsch <frederick.hirsch@nokia.com>
- Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 09:27:29 -0400
- To: ext Thomas Roessler <tlr@w3.org>
- Cc: Frederick Hirsch <frederick.hirsch@nokia.com>, public-xmlsec-maintwg@w3.org
does the XPointer framework REC describe the #xpointer(id('ID')) usage
regards, Frederick
Frederick Hirsch
Nokia
On Jul 12, 2007, at 5:05 PM, ext Thomas Roessler wrote:
>
> On 2007-07-12 20:58:17 +0200, Thomas Roessler wrote:
>
>> I'm not sure what the most appropriate course of action for the
>> RECOMMEND language concerning the #xpointer(/) and
>> #xpointer(id('ID')) approaches is. These are currently
>> RECOMMENDED, but not defined in a Recommendation.
>
> ...
>
>> There would probably be another change to RECOMMEND certain
>> element() XPointers (specifically, element(ID) and element(/1),
>> where the resource against which the XPointer is evaluated is the
>> document that contains the URI attribute), replacing the current
>> recommendation for the xpointer() XPointers with equivalent effect.
>
>> I'm, however, a bit wary about these changes; they seem to go
>> somewhat far for a PER. I'd welcome feed-back from the group, and
>> will also solicit feedback in the Team.
>
> Thinking out loud here, we should be able to *define* the behavior
> of #xpointer(id('ID')) and #xpointer(/) in terms of of element()
> XPointers, without any resulting in any change in actual
> conformance.
>
> The only issue would be that we'd technically be squatting on an
> xpointer scheme that is under review, so that would require some
> broader community discussion.
>
> Cheers,
> --
> Thomas Roessler, W3C <tlr@w3.org>
>
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