- From: John Cowan <jcowan@reutershealth.com>
- Date: Fri, 26 May 2000 13:50:30 -0400
- To: Al Gilman <asgilman@iamdigex.net>, "xml-uri@w3.org" <xml-uri@w3.org>
Al Gilman wrote: > Is there a case where literal comparison of _two ns-attr values occurring > in the same document_ will find them the same whereas abolutizing as > URI-references per URI RFC will determine them to be different? Yes, because an XML *document* may contain more than one external entity. If XBase passes, it can even happen within the same external entity in different scopes of the "xml:base" attribute. > If the only risk on literal comparison is that things will be treated as > different that in the ultimate analysis later get recognized as the same, No, the risk is that things get treated as the same that are later recognized as different, either because of the cases above, or because the application by nature must process more than one document. -- 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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