> However, XSLT and XPath appear to lack anything like an
> "absolutize" function. I don't see any clear path forward
> for this in the context of XSLT 1.0 and XPath 1.0, nor do my
> preliminary explorations of the 2.0 versions offer me much
> more hope on this issue.
Between them, I think the XPath 2.0 functions base-URI() [1] and
resolve-URI() [2] should meet your needs. If not, please raise a comment
on the document.
[1] http://www.w3.org/TR/xquery-operators/#func-base-uri
[2] http://www.w3.org/TR/xquery-operators/#func-resolve-URI
Michael Kay
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