- From: Mark Baker <distobj@acm.org>
- Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 17:01:39 -0500 (EST)
- To: duerst@w3.org (Martin Duerst)
- Cc: ejw@cse.ucsc.edu (Jim Whitehead), w3c-dist-auth@w3.org, uri@w3.org
> Well, it's not WebDAV's business to mess around with bases for > namespaces. Namespaces don't currently use XML Base, and probably > they won't in the future. There was an extensive discussion of > whether namespace uris could be relative uris, and the conclusion > as far as I remember was that it should be discouraged. That decision[1] deprecated the use of relative URI for namespace names *for W3C work*. While certainly a cautionary note to others, I don't see how it can prevent work done outside the W3C from using them. [1] http://www.w3.org/2000/09/xppa MB -- Mark Baker, CSO, Planetfred. Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA. mbaker@planetfred.com
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