How to avoid hardcoding image path in table

[Jacob Thomas]

When creating a table row,  is there a way to avoid having to specify the
context name in the path for images as shown below:
           
   <td background="<context-name>/images/table_top_chip.gif" width="30" > 
    </td>

<html:base/> does not seem to be sufficient for this purpose. Also, using
relative path is not preferred for the application since the pages can move
around.
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Thanks
Jacob