Re: RDF and xml:base

Ron,

>
> Section 5.1 says that the highest priority way of determining the
> base URI is:
>
> > 5.1.1. Base URI within Document Content
> >
> >    Within certain document media types, the base URI of the document can
> >    be embedded within the content itself such that it can be readily
> >    obtained by a parser.
>
> which will be xml:base for XML documents (once it becomes a REC).
>
> So, if xml:base is specified, it is what is parsed into the components.
>

The problem is that _XML Base_ does not appear to allow specification of the
base URI of the _document_ only that of elements:

http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlbase/#granularity

If indeed it is the intention of XML Base to allow for specification of the
base URI of the document entity it should simply say so.

-Jonathan

Received on Wednesday, 30 May 2001 12:55:25 UTC