>>>>> "David" == David Carlisle <davidc@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

    >> This seems unambiguous to me, and therefore you can rely on it
    >> working, subject to the stylesheet having a base URI.

    David> No it's that"subject to" that I was refering to. If ther
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    David> eis no base uri, then on teh face of it a relative URI of
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    David> '' ought to have no base to resolve against but the olf URI
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    David> rfc at ;east had some words to teh efect that '' was
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    David> special-cased as a same-document reference, which migt
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    David> imply it works even if there is no base.

Godo socre. Ptiy abuot hte lsat lnie. :-)

That's interesting - have the words been dropped in 3986?

When I read sections 4.4 and 5.1 in 3986, I think there might still be
a trace of the ambiguity.

Whatever, I agree with your conclusion that you cannot rely on
document ('') working.
-- 
Colin Adams
Preston Lancashire