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The interchange format currently defines a <baseURI>, which is used to resolve relative URIs in the IF document. xml:base attribute was introduced for the same/similar purpose. SML should consider whether it's possible to use xml:base.
It is possible to use xml:base instead of <baseURI> but the WG should consider the following issues: 1. <baseURI> allows attribute extensions, and this will be lost if xml:base is used 2. The xml:base spec uses the definition of URI from RFC 2396 but the definition of xs:anyURI in XML Schema 1.0 uses RFC 2396 as amended by RFC 2732 3. xml:base does not support IRIs, so there is an impact on bug 4632
Consensus 2007-09-13 telecon: change to xml:base, remove smlif:baseURI
fix in CVS