- From: Jim Whitehead <ejw@cse.ucsc.edu>
- Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 14:15:48 -0800
- To: "WebDAV" <w3c-dist-auth@w3.org>
Accidentally caught by the spam filter. I've added "distobj@acm.org" to the accept2 list. - Jim -----Original Message----- From: Mark Baker [mailto:distobj@acm.org] Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 1:56 PM To: Martin Duerst Cc: Jim Whitehead; w3c-dist-auth@w3.org; uri@w3.org Subject: [Moderator Action] Re: RFC2518 (WebDAV) / RFC2396 (URI) inconsistency > 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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