Re: A proposed solution from Henrik Frystyk Nielsen on 2000-06-10 (xml-uri@w3.org from June 2000)

From: Henrik Frystyk Nielsen <frystyk@microsoft.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2000 17:21:57 -0700
To: <XML-uri@w3.org>, "Simon St.Laurent" <simonstl@simonstl.com>
Cc: <connolly@w3.org>
Message-ID: <011a01bfd271$e613d4e0$83b11eac@redmond.corp.microsoft.com>

> At 09:00 AM 6/9/00 -0700, Henrik Frystyk Nielsen wrote:
> >Nope - it doesn't force you to absolutize - it merely says that you
> >can't use relative URIs without knowing the context within they are
> >defined.
>
> Thanks for the clarification - I think that makes this a proposal I
can
> support.
>
> It doesn't bar the use of relative URIs, nor does it force _parsers_
to
> deal with them.

Yup - exactly.

> It might be worthwhile to add baseURI information to the Infoset
and/or DOM
> to help this work, but that may not be necessary.

I actually think that we probably shouldn't because we would want the
same freedom (don't bar the use of relative URIs, nor do force parsers
to deal) here.

Henrik

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