Re: XPath 3.1 F&O spec, and HTML ASCII case insensitive collation

> On Aug 18, 2023, at 12:14, Michael Kay <[email protected]> wrote:
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> That's the problem with a living spec - anyone daring to refer to it =
risks the reference becoming dead.
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> The relevant text now appears to be in section 4.6 Strings:
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> A string A is an ASCII case-insensitive match for a string B, if the =
ASCII lowercase of A is the ASCII lowercase of B.
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> It would probably have been wiser to copy the normative definition =
into the F&O spec, and add a note saying it was equivalent to something =
in HTML.
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> (A lot of people are still using XSLT 1.0, which defines =
format-number() with a normative reference to JDK 1.1 documentation, =
which is no longer obtainable on the web, as far as I can tell.

Would that work ?
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> We've become very undisciplined - all this important stuff should be =
deposited on paper copies in bricks-and-mortar libraries).
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> Michael Kay
> Saxonica
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>> On 18 Aug 2023, at 10:21, Mukul Gandhi <[email protected]> =
wrote:
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>> Hi all,
>>     I've been reading the following XPath 3.1 F&O spec section, =
https://www.w3.org/TR/xpath-functions-31/#html-ascii-case-insensitive-coll=
ation (section 5.3.4 of the XPath 3.1 F&O spec).
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>> This XPath 3.1 F&O spec section says following,
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>> <quote>
>> The collation URI =
http://www.w3.org/2005/xpath-functions/collation/html-ascii-case-insensiti=
ve must be recognized by every implementation.
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>> It is used to refer to the HTML ASCII case-insensitive collation as =
defined in [HTML5: A vocabulary and associated APIs for HTML and XHTML] =
(section 2.5, Case sensitivity and string comparison).
>> </quote>
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>> The XPath 3.1 F&O spec within its normative references, provides =
following link to HTML5 spec : https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/ =
(the one page HTML5 spec is following, https://html.spec.whatwg.org/).
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>> I'm not able to find the, phrase "Case sensitivity" within the above =
cited HTML5 spec link (i.e, HTML5 spec's link as cited above, doesn't =
seem to have definition(s) related to "Case sensitivity and string =
comparison").
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>> Due to the above stated facts, can an XPath 3.1 implementation as of =
now, omit complying to XPath 3.1 F&O spec spection =
https://www.w3.org/TR/xpath-functions-31/#html-ascii-case-insensitive-coll=
ation?
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>> Regards,
>> Mukul Gandhi
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