Re: [xml-dev] xml:base and fragments

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Re: [xml-dev] xml:base and fragments
On 08/05/17 21:26, Simon St.Laurent wrote:
> On 5/8/2017 2:51 PM, Peter Flynn wrote:
>> I am clearly missing something here: why are people using #fragment
>> identifiers in XML (non-XHTML/HTML5) documents (eg TEI)?
> 
> I'm not sure it's as complete an answer as you want, but you certainly
> can use fragment identifiers in XML.
[snip]

I'm sorry, I expressed myself badly. Yes, of course you *can* use them,
and there are obviously special circumstances when they make sense, but
I am increasingly seeing them used as ID/IDREF type links, especially in
TEI, and I thought perhaps something I had missed was making this necessary.

///Peter