- From: Brian McBride <bwm@hplb.hpl.hp.com>
- Date: Fri, 10 May 2002 20:49:19 -1000
- To: <LMM@acm.org>, <uri@w3.org>
At 21:33 09/05/2002 -0700, Larry Masinter wrote: > > Would there be an opportunity to introduce a URI form, similar to a >same > > document reference, but which is in fact a URI reference and whose > > interpretation is modified by xml:base. > >Procedurally, the goal is to produce a new document at >the "Draft Standard" level. I don't think we can introduce >new features at all, although it's possible to fix >errors and correct for difficulties, the corrections >allowable at Draft Standard level are usually those >things allowable in widespread use. > >So the short answer is: no. Fair enough. Please forgive my ignorance of ietf process. >The best way to propose a new feature is to write a >separate document. > >We might need to acknowledge xml:base in the 'base URL' >calculation, and possibly even propose an imaginary >URL scheme for "this here document" for dealing with >same document references, but I'd be uneasy about trying >to create some new form which actually was intended >to invoke a different calculation than what is currently >used Thanks for that suggestion. I need to read up on the constraints on URI definitions. I'd want to make sure that a this: URI wouldn't violate any such constraints, like uniformity of meaning. Brian
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