- From: John Cowan <jcowan@reutershealth.com>
- Date: Tue, 16 May 2000 14:52:48 -0400
- To: Leigh Dodds <ldodds@ingenta.com>, "xml-uri@w3.org" <xml-uri@w3.org>
Leigh Dodds wrote: > 1. Want the Namespace identifier to point to a resource (possibly > a schema) > > 2. Want to distribute that resource with the document. This use case is neutral between the "literal" and the "absolutize" versions, though. It doesn't help. > C. The base URI should not be defined by *location* it should be defined > by something else (XML Base?, or something else, its not clear if this is > well-specified as yet) Nevertheless, the base URI *is* well-defined by RFC 2396. XML Base provides a (proposed) mechanism, equivalent to the HTML BASE element, for changing the base when useful. -- Schlingt dreifach einen Kreis um dies! || John Cowan <jcowan@reutershealth.com> Schliesst euer Aug vor heiliger Schau, || http://www.reutershealth.com Denn er genoss vom Honig-Tau, || http://www.ccil.org/~cowan Und trank die Milch vom Paradies. -- Coleridge (tr. Politzer)
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