Re: Last call comments on XML Base

• From: Jonathan Marsh <jmarsh@microsoft.com>
• Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 11:15:07 -0700
• To: "'duerst@w3.org'" <duerst@w3.org>, "'www-xml-linking-comments@w3.org'" <www-xml-linking-comments@w3.org>
• Message-ID: <116DFD732FA92E4D9B647C8EEF6DAF101559F3@red-pt-02.redmond.corp.microsoft.com>

Martin J. Duerst wrote:
> I think one way to clarify this to change the last sentence
> to something like:
>
> Note that the xml:base attribute on the nearest ancestor
> is also used to resolve xml:base attributes themselves.

You are right.  An xml:base attribute needs to exclude itself from the
inheritance chain to avoid circularities.  I will reword.

- Jonathan Marsh
  Microsoft

Received on Thursday, 29 June 2000 14:15:47 UTC