Michael Kay wrote:
> What would it mean for a SAX parser to support xml:base? The only impact of
> xml:base is to change the base URI of elements, and thus to change the way
> in which relative URIs in the content are resolved. But SAX doesn't report
> the base URI of an element, and doesn't attempt to resolve any relative URIs
> in the content. It leaves that entirely to the application.
The systemID method in Locator could take account of xml:base attributes
when reporting the system ID of individual elements. "If the system
identifier is a URL, the parser must resolve it fully before passing it
to the application."
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Elliotte Rusty Harold
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