Re: loading multiple documents using variables

[Snow, Corey]

>
> > Right, some processors accept that form anyway, but it's not
> > really correct.
> > There's also the old question - exactly what is the right
> > syntax to use for
> > Windows file: URLs, anyway?
> >
>
> I believe that a fully correct file URL for the Windows file system is
> constructed like so:
>
> file:///c|/dirname/filename.ext
>
> Where one uses a pipe (|) instead of a colon (:) between the drive
> identifier and the root directory slash. Directory slashes should be
> forward, not back.
>
> At any rate, IE6 recognizes the above syntax as valid. But that doesn't
> really mean much. :)

No, that's a myth, at least so far as the RFC for URLs is concerned.  But
browsers have been using it forever so it works in browsers.  No guarantees
whether it would work in an xslt processor, though, since it's not in the
RFC.  The main thing that is not nailed down is whether the path separators
should be forward slashes or backslashes (i.e., a transparent or opaque
form), and if the former, how to specify the drive letter.

There are various interpretations out there.

Cheers,

Tom P


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