[DAS2] hrefs and xml:base

[Helt,Gregg]

If we want to fully adopt the xml:base standard (which I think we do),
then my interpretation is that xml:base is lexically scoped and within
its scope allows any attribute that requires a URI to be potentially
specified as a relative URI (relative to the xml:base) instead of an
absolute URI.  

So I would say "href", "doc_href", "id", and a number of other
attributes should obey the xml:base directive(s).  Note that this
doesn't preclude using an absolute URI for these values, it just also
allows using a relative URI.

Here's a nice concise summary of xml:base :
http://www.brics.dk/~amoeller/XML/common/xbase.html

	gregg 

> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 11:58 PM
> To: das2 at portal.open-bio.org
> Subject: [DAS2] hrefs and xml:base
> 
> Do the 'href' and 'doc_href' fields obey the xml:base
> directive or only the "id" fields?
> 
> 
> 					Andrew
> 					dalke at dalkescientific.com
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