Re: [xml-dev] Why is xml:base a URI *reference*?

[Tim Bray <tbray@textuality.com>]

On Jan 8, 2004, at 4:06 AM, John Cowan wrote:

> A fragment identifier attached to a URI that points to an XML document
> has no defined meaning

Actually, what you mean is, if something is */xml then the fragids have 
no meaning.  If the XML document is SVG, or XHTML, or RDF, or ... well 
just about any other XML format in widespread use, then the fragid does 
indeed have a well-understood meaning. -Tim