[topicmapmail] xml:base and #foo URIs

[Murray Altheim]

Lars Marius Garshol wrote:
> * Murray Altheim
> | 
> | Given the principle of least surprise, I would recommend we do what
> | most other applications have done, which is (to my knowledge)
> | regarding it as an XPointer bare ID. To do otherwise would be rather
> | confusing to people's expectations. 
> 
> Agreed.
> 
> | To do otherwise, I'd then recommend that we disallow xml:base
> | attributes within XTM documents, though that cat is already out of
> | the bag.
> 
> This wasn't entirely clear. What do you mean?

It's already in use.

You might note that RFC 2396 was written in 1998 and was not
designed for XML documents in particular, whereas XML Base was,
hence we should put priority on the later and more pertinent
document. XML Base does not supercede the RFC but modifies it
for use within XML environments.

Murray

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