ISSUE-59

xml:base support

State:
CLOSED
Product:
RDFa
Raised by:
Michael Hausenblas
Opened on:
2007-08-10
Description:
Does RDFa (regarding a certain hostlanguage: HTML 4, XHTML1, XHTML2) support 
the usage of xml:base?

See Also and Related:
 + Ivan has asked for xml:base in the Test Cases [1]
 + As Shane points out [2], the decision to support xml:base would have far-
reaching ramifications (cf. also his action [3])

[1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-rdf-in-xhtml-tf/2007Aug/0038.html
[2] http://www.w3.org/2007/08/09-rdfa-irc#T15-16-05
[3] http://www.w3.org/2007/06/28-rdfa-minutes.html#action02
Related emails:
  1. ISSUE-59: xml:base support (from dean+cgi@w3.org on 2007-08-10)

Related notes:

2007-08-16: opened on 2007-08-16

2007-08-23: As per discussion and resolution on telecon: http://www.w3.org/2007/08/16-rdfa-minutes.html xml:base is not supported in XHTML 1.1 + RDFa, as it has no effect on @href. In general, this is dependent on the host language's use of xml:base.