Re: 1343 messages later

I would summarize [1] as clarified as the abolutization in principle
but with it pointed out that in certain cases systems
can be demonstrably correct without actually knowing the base URI.

I would find it very acceptable if there were a consensus
with this proposal (with clarifications in the wording) on this
list.  I would then suggest we take it back to DOM and
all the groups which are looking for a way to go forward.

I would second Al's call for a lull in issues which do not
pertain to this until we can declare victory on it.

Tim BL


-----Original Message-----
From: Simon St.Laurent <simonstl@simonstl.com>
To: xml-uri@w3.org <xml-uri@w3.org>
Date: Monday, June 12, 2000 4:27 PM
Subject: 1343 messages later


>Is there anything left that we haven't considered?
>
>I found the Microsoft proposal [1] a useful starting point, especially
>after clarifications [2-6].  [6] in particular makes clear that the Infoset
>is already tracking base URI information, so applications will have enough
>information to absolutize on their own, rather than requiring parsers to do
>so.
>
>Perhaps I'm just exhausted, but it seems like very few people want to force
>URI absolutization into XML parsers, and even fewer people want to do
>anything to prohibit applications from absolutizing URIs when the
>application finds that appropriate.
>
>This leaves parsers without any absolutizing responsibility (URI references
>can continue to be treated as literals) while permitting application layers
>above that to combine URI reference and base URI information to perform
>absolutization when appropriate.
>
>Is that a reasonable summary of where we are?
>
>[1] - http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/xml-uri/2000Jun/0406.html
>[2] - http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/xml-uri/2000Jun/0460.html
>[3] - http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/xml-uri/2000Jun/0467.html
>[4] - http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/xml-uri/2000Jun/0481.html
>[5] - http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/xml-uri/2000Jun/0477.html
>[6] - http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/xml-uri/2000Jun/0469.html
>
>Simon St.Laurent
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