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Re: Why is xml:base a URI *reference*?

• To: John Cowan <cowan@m...>
• Subject: Re: Why is xml:base a URI *reference*?
• From: Bjoern Hoehrmann <derhoermi@g...>
• Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2004 14:25:39 +0100
• Cc: xml-dev@l...
• In-reply-to: <20040108130449.GV31886@m...>
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* John Cowan wrote:
>> >To clarify, the term "URI" includes only absolute URLs and URNs, and
>> >excludes relative URLs as well as fragment identifiers.
>> 
>> Section 2 of RFC 1866 clearly distinguishes "absolute URI" ("a URI in
>> absolute form") and "URI" and explicitly states "URIs in common practice
>> include Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) and Relative URLs". Could you
>> please cite an RFC that clearly invalidates RFC 1866 in this regard?
>
>RFC 1866 (HTML 2.0) defers to RFCs 1630, 1738, and 1808.  All of these
>have been superseded by RFC 2396, with the exception of the syntax of
>certain URL schemes which are still defined by RFC 1738.

And where does RFC 2396 explicitly state what you suggest? And since it
would contradict RFC 1866, how do I know RFC 2396 is right and RFC 1866
is wrong and not the other way round?

• References:
  • Why is xml:base a URI *reference*?
    • From: Jonathan Borden <jonathan@o...>
  • Re: Why is xml:base a URI *reference*?
    • From: Bjoern Hoehrmann <derhoermi@g...>
  • Re: Why is xml:base a URI *reference*?
    • From: John Cowan <cowan@m...>
  • Re: Why is xml:base a URI *reference*?
    • From: Bjoern Hoehrmann <derhoermi@g...>
  • Re: Why is xml:base a URI *reference*?
    • From: John Cowan <cowan@m...>

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