Re: [xsl] encoding on parameters for document function (using saxon)

Subject: Re: [xsl] encoding on parameters for document function (using saxon)
From: Colin Paul Adams <colin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 11 Oct 2005 19:20:24 +0100
>>>>> "Michael" == Michael Kay <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

    >>  OK I must say that the concept of "wannabe URI" seems
    >> dangerous to me :) Does the spec now define precisely how XSLT
    >> processors should discover what you mean by "wannabe URI"?

    Michael> Well, nothing to do with URIs is ever totally
    Michael> unambiguous, but take a look at the definition

    Michael> http://www.w3.org/TR/xslt20/#uri-references

    Michael> and see if it seems precise to you.

To me it seems potentially full of confusion. Why on earth re-use an
existing term with a completely different meaning (URI reference),
when the term IRI -reference already exists with the required meaning?
-- 
Colin Adams
Preston Lancashire

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