Re: [xml-dev] OASIS catalogs: <system> and <uri> entries

[John Cowan <cowan@mercury.ccil.org>]

Michael Kay scripsit:

> (a) there's nothing really in the specs to justify the convention of
> using <system> rather than <uri> for this purpose

As chief instigator and committee member of the OASIS XML Catalog TC, I
can say authoritatively that <system> was meant to be used for system
IDs only, and a fortiori for DTDs only.  All arbitrary URI remapping is
intended to be achieved with <uri> and/or <uriRewrite>.

> (b) nevertheless, it is established practice, and therefore
>
> (c) the Saxon schema processor ought to work this way?

IMO, if the DITA catalogs use <system>, that is a bug, and should be
filed as a bug against DITA.

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