Re: Notes on the latest draft - xml:base

2005-07-24 Thread Bill de hÓra
James Cerra wrote: I'd solve it in the same manner that XML namespaces solved the multiple context problem: by providing a default context as well as explicitly named contexts. The default context works the same way as xml:base or the the default xmlns works now. Explicit contexts would

Re: Notes on the latest draft - xml:base

2005-07-20 Thread Sjoerd Visscher
James Cerra wrote: xml:base is a broken specification. At the simplest, it's just a lame attempt at abbreviating strings. However, it solves that problem in the worst possible manner. As the RDF serializations show, what is needed is a name/value pair simular to entities or xml namespaces.

Re: Notes on the latest draft - xml:base

2005-07-20 Thread James Cerra
Sjoerd Visscher, xml:base is a broken specification. At the simplest, it's just a lame attempt at abbreviating strings. However, it solves that problem in the worst possible manner. As the RDF serializations show, what is needed is a name/value pair simular to entities or xml

Re: Notes on the latest draft - xml:base

2005-07-20 Thread A. Pagaltzis
* James Cerra [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2005-07-21 05:00]: Sjoerd Visscher, That's because it is not an attempt at abbreviating strings, but to preserve the meaning of relative URIs, when content is used outside of its original context. Same thing. You are framing the question in a manner

Re: Notes on the latest draft - xml:base

2005-07-20 Thread Antone Roundy
On Wednesday, July 20, 2005, at 10:22 PM, A. Pagaltzis wrote: * James Cerra [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2005-07-21 05:00]: Sjoerd Visscher, That's because it is not an attempt at abbreviating strings, but to preserve the meaning of relative URIs, when content is used outside of its original context.