Re: XLink 1.1: 5.4 "URI reference" unclear

* Norman Walsh wrote:
>/ Bjoern Hoehrmann <derhoermi@gmx.net> was heard to say:
>| * Norman Walsh wrote:
>|>/ Bjoern Hoehrmann <derhoermi@gmx.net> was heard to say:
>|>| Dear XML Core Working Group,
>|>|
>|>|   http://www.w3.org/TR/2005/WD-xlink11-20050707/ section 5.4 notes "If
>|>| the URI reference is relative, its absolute version must be computed by
>|>| the method of [XML Base] before use." It is unclear which "URI
>|>| reference" is referred to here, please change the draft such that this
>|>| is clarified.
>|>
>|>I have amended the draft as follows:
>|>
>|><p>If the value of the <att>href</att> attribute is a relative URI,
>|>its absolute version
>|><termref def="dt-must">must</termref> be computed by the method of
>|><bibref ref="xbase"/> before use.</p>
>|
>| What is a "relative URI"?
>
>See 4.2 in RFC 3986

That's "Relative Reference". RFC 3986 does not define a concept of
"relative URI" as far as I can tell.

>| What happens if the href attribute value is
>| not such a "relative URI" but e.g. contains a space or a non-ascii
>| character?
>
>There is now language to deal with the required escaping (as there was
>in XLink 1.0.

What is this language exactly? Or do you refer to the language in the
latest public draft?
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Received on Tuesday, 24 January 2006 14:42:18 UTC