Re: @xml:base with @rendition (and maybe other pointers)

On 2017-05-02 12:42 PM, John P. McCaskey wrote:
> On 5/2/2017 2:52 PM, Syd Bauman wrote:
>> Martin has taken the words right out of my mouth:
>>> One unanswered question might be whether the dereferencing process
>>> in a prefixDef is supposed to take account of @xml:base, though...
> Doesn’t this(from here
> <http://www.tei-c.org/release/doc/tei-p5-doc/en/html/ref-prefixDef.html>) answer
> that question?
>
>     The abbreviated pointer may be dereferenced to produce either an
>     absolute or a relative URI reference. In the latter case it is
>     combined with the value of xml:base in force at the place where the
>     pointing attribute occurs to form an absolute URI in the usual
>     manner as prescribed by XML Base <http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlbase/>.

I had completely forgotten that the prefixDef note was there.

Doh. I've closed my silly ticket.

Cheers,
Martin



>
> If you are willing to say some pointers (such as those with prefixDef
> entries) should not use xml:base, why not feel liberated to do so for
> pointers that are just fragment IDs or specifically named pointers such
> as @rendition?
>
> -- John