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- To: Michael Kay <mike@saxonica.com>
- Subject: Re: [xml-dev] how to use xml:base and relative URLs with SAX/Java?
- From: Elliotte Harold <elharo@metalab.unc.edu>
- Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 11:57:12 -0500
- Cc: 'Anil Philip' <goodnewsforyou@yahoo.com>, xml-dev@lists.xml.org
- In-reply-to: <20051211155021.4F66E482DA@metalab.unc.edu>
- References: <20051211155021.4F66E482DA@metalab.unc.edu>
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Michael Kay wrote:
> What would it mean for a SAX parser to support xml:base? The only impact of
> xml:base is to change the base URI of elements, and thus to change the way
> in which relative URIs in the content are resolved. But SAX doesn't report
> the base URI of an element, and doesn't attempt to resolve any relative URIs
> in the content. It leaves that entirely to the application.
The systemID method in Locator could take account of xml:base attributes
when reporting the system ID of individual elements. "If the system
identifier is a URL, the parser must resolve it fully before passing it
to the application."
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Elliotte Rusty Harold elharo@metalab.unc.edu
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