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Re: how to use xml:base and relative URLs with SAX/Java?

• To: Michael Kay <mike@s...>
• Subject: Re: how to use xml:base and relative URLs with SAX/Java?
• From: Elliotte Harold <elharo@m...>
• Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 11:57:12 -0500
• Cc: 'Anil Philip' <goodnewsforyou@y...>, xml-dev@l...
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Michael Kay wrote:

> What would it mean for a SAX parser to support xml:base? The only impact of
> xml:base is to change the base URI of elements, and thus to change the way
> in which relative URIs in the content are resolved. But SAX doesn't report
> the base URI of an element, and doesn't attempt to resolve any relative URIs
> in the content. It leaves that entirely to the application.


The systemID method in Locator could take account of xml:base attributes 
when reporting the system ID of individual elements. "If the system 
identifier is a URL, the parser must resolve it fully before passing it 
to the application."


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Elliotte Rusty Harold  elharo@m...
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