[DAS2] hrefs and xml:base

[Chervitz, Steve]

As far as I can tell, there is no restriction that an xml:base URI must end
with a /, but that seems to be the convention. In this case, constructing
relative URLs by concatenating ../ onto the xml:base URI should work.

Here¹s an xml:base tutorial that has a bunch of examples, in all cases
xml:base specifies a directory:
http://www.zvon.org/xxl/XMLBaseTutorial/Output/index.html

I did find an example of an xml:base that points to a file, but it¹s on a
MSDN site, making it therefore highly suspect:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnxmlnet/ht
ml/xinclude.asp

BTW, the W3C recommendation http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlbase/ doesn't mention
the use of ../ within an XML base spec. But since it's just a URI, it is
allowed. See the URI spec:
http://www.gbiv.com/protocols/uri/rfc/rfc3986.html#path

Steve

> From: Andrew Dalke <dalke at dalkescientific.com>
> Date: Fri, 6 May 2005 11:39:59 -0600
> To: <das2 at portal.open-bio.org>
> Subject: Re: [DAS2] hrefs and xml:base
> 
> Ed:
>> Is there some more complete specification of xml:base that states
>> whether these complicated things are allowed?
> 
> They are allowed.  The xml:base can be contained in another xml:base
> and they interact as you described.
> 
> The spec is at http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlbase/
> 
> Andrew
> dalke at dalkescientific.com
> 
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