Re: [xsl] xml:base URI ignored by document()

Subject: Re: [xsl] xml:base URI ignored by document()
From: Wendell Piez <wapiez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:02:47 -0400
Lars,

At 04:33 PM 7/27/2010, you wrote:
On 7/27/2010 10:45 AM, Wendell Piez wrote:
>
> In XSLT 1.0 you'd probably simply have:
>
> <xsl:variable name="base" select="document($base-uri)"/>
>

Ah...

> and then document($relative-uri,$base).
>
> Of course this only works if an XML document is already there at
> $base-uri.
>

Yes, I was planning for $base to be a folder; but I could use a file
instead.

It would seem like a waste to have to read and parse the $base document
when I don't need it. But maybe the XSLT processor is smart enough not
to do that...

Yes -- given the assumption that we're working in the comparatively small world of XSLT 1.0, this kind of problem comes with the territory.


You can always use a tiny dummy document to help mitigate any problems.

Cheers,
Wendell


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