RE: [xml-dev] URIs harmful (was RE: [xml-dev] Article: Keeping pa ce with James Clark)

From
Bullard, Claude L (Len) <>
To
'Miles Sabin' <>,
Date
2002-07-22T14:38:54Z
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<2C61CCE8A870D211A523080009B94E430752B6D8@HQ5>
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RE: [xml-dev] URIs harmful (was RE: [xml-dev] Article: Keeping pa ce with James Clark)
Dereferenceable does not equal dereferenced.  It is 
always derefenceable but if one wants to include 
force majeure provisions in the spec, go right ahead.

len

-----Original Message-----
From: Miles Sabin [mailto:]

Bullard, Claude L (Len) wrote,
> In Internet Explorer, it returns among other things,
>
> 11004 - Host not found
>
> Yes.  I consider that a resolution.  It made the
> attempt and found a document to return.

OK, suppose instead that you had a browser that hung indefinitely or 
crashed or exploded in similar circumstances. Is the hang or the crash 
or the explosion a "document" which would count as a result? If not, 
then why isn't the doc that IE renders for you just an IE 
implementation detail rather than something related to the 
(non-resolving) URI?