- From: Jonathan Marsh <jmarsh@microsoft.com>
- Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2001 09:46:06 -0700
- To: "Hugo Haas" <hugo@w3.org>, <xml-dist-app@w3.org>, "Henrik Frystyk Nielsen" <henrikn@microsoft.com>, "Paul Cotton" <pcotton@microsoft.com>
I presumed that the term "URI reference" would have been employed if relative URIs were allowed, and based my proposal on that presumption. > -----Original Message----- > From: Hugo Haas [mailto:hugo@w3.org] > Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 7:30 PM > To: Jonathan Marsh; xml-dist-app@w3.org; Henrik Frystyk Nielsen; Paul > Cotton > Subject: Re: FW: Proposed positive text for XML Base > > * Hugo Haas <hugo@w3.org> [2001-10-17 21:33-0400] > > > Rationale: > > > ---------- > > > The simplest reading of SOAP 1.2 does not allow relative URIs > > > (specifically URI References) in any of its attributes. Making such > > > a change requires positive motivation. > > A bus ride and some fresh air made me realize that my email was > written backwards. :-) > > > "Absolute" and "relative" are two words that do not appear in the SOAP > > Version 1.2 Part 1: Messaging Framework Working Draft[1]. > > Then... > > > The encodingStyle attribute[4] is of type anyURI[3] as defined by XML > > Schema Part 2: Datatypes[2], i.e. a URI as defined by RFC2396 as > > amended by RFC2732. > > > > The simplest reading tells me that it can by any URI, absolute or > > relative. > > ... should have read: > > The encodingStyle attribute[4] is of type anyURI[3]. My simplest > reading is that it can be any URI, absolute or relative. > > The anyURI[3] type as defined by XML Schema Part 2: Datatypes[2], i.e. > a URI as defined by RFC2396 as amended by RFC2732, which confirms my > simplest reading. > > > I understand that, in SOAP Version 1.2's current form, use of > > relative URIs leads to undefined results since there is no clear > > base URI, but it does _not_ disallow them. > > > > Therefore, the change here is to explicitely disallow relative URIs. > > > > Regards, > > > > Hugo > > > > 1. http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/WD-soap12-part1-20011002/ > > 2. http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/REC-xmlschema-2-20010502/ > > 3. http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/REC-xmlschema-2-20010502/#anyURI > > 4. http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/WD-soap12-part1-20011002/#soapencattr > -- > Hugo Haas - W3C > mailto:hugo@w3.org - http://www.w3.org/People/Hugo/ - tel:+1-617-452-2092
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