Re: xml:base URI ignored by document()

> According to the XSLT 2.0 spec, "The second argument [to document()], if
> present, is a node whose base URI is used to resolve any relative URI
> references contained in the first argument."
> So I construct a node whose base URI is set to the parameter $base-uri:
>        <xsl:variable name="base-uri-node">
>            <dummy xml:base="{$base-uri}" />
>        </xsl:variable>

:) I don't know if that would work or not, but its an interesting way
of approaching it...

I think you really want the resolve-uri() function:

http://www.w3.org/TR/xpath-functions/#func-resolve-uri

cheers
andrew
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