Re: [xml-dev] xml:base and fragments

[Michael Kay <mike@saxonica.com>]

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> While it's unfortunate, the lack of structure - I'd even say deliberate lack of structure for political reasons - of URLs and URIs is a known problem that programs and people have had to deal with for a very long time.  


Which leaves us in the very odd position that

(a) we know the web is built on a foundation of shifting sand

(b) this actually increases our confidence that it's likely to survive a few more spring tides.

Michael Kay