- From: Dan Connolly <connolly@w3.org>
- Date: 29 Apr 2003 17:55:19 -0500
- To: "Roy T. Fielding" <fielding@apache.org>
- Cc: www-archive@w3.org
On Tue, 2003-04-29 at 17:25, Roy T. Fielding wrote: > >> I expect that similar normalizers will work on xmlns attributes, with > >> or without blessing of the specification, > > > > But the heart of the matter is whether normalization happens > > with the blessing of the specification or not. > > No, the heart of the matter is whether the XML Namespaces specification > has the authority to say that normalization is not allowed, which is > what the text currently says because it is over-specifying the matter. > > I provided the text sigh... trudge thru archives... you clearly know what text you're talking about; is it so much trouble to give me a pointer? or at least a date from a mail message? I don't see it in mail from you to www-tag this month. http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-tag/2003Apr/author.html More clues? And this is the second time you've replied to my requests for an example without providing one. If your position, to wit... "it is because the namespaces draft cannot declare them to be different because a normalizer has every right (and in some cases a responsibility) to normalize those URIs before the namespace processor even sees them. -- http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-tag/2003Apr/0124.html ... has any merit, then there must be examples. I'm starting to doubt it. > necessary to accomplish the same thing > (strcmp comparison of attributes) without subsetting the URI standard > and without any need to normatively reference the IRI specification, > thus avoiding the fatal mistake of a section 9. > > ....Roy -- Dan Connolly, W3C http://www.w3.org/People/Connolly/
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