Use of fragment identifiers in XML

In the TAG minutes for the 28 October teleconference, I find this
exchange:
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2.1.1 Use of fragment identifiers in XML

      * Action DC 2002/09/26: Describe this issue in more
        detail for the TAG

    CL: The fragments refer to elements.

    DC: Unclear from text of SVG spec (indicates that
    might be circle element or circle abstraction).

    CL: Please don't use SVG frags as an example of using
    a URI + frag to refer to an abstraction (circle).
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There isn't much context there, so I'm not entirely clear what the TAG
is considering, but this recent post of mine to uri@w3.org might be
relevant:

http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/uri/2002Oct/0027.html

URI references and fragment identifiers seem to have grown more complex
over the years, especially in XML contexts, and it seems worthwhile at
this point to discuss how they work once again.

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Simon St.Laurent - SSL is my TLA
http://simonstl.com may be my URI
http://monasticxml.org may be my ascetic URI
urn:oid:1.3.6.1.4.1.6320 is another possibility altogether

Received on Tuesday, 29 October 2002 16:42:07 UTC