Re: Is this use of BASE kosher?

Mike Braca (mbraca@conan.ids.net)
Fri, 4 Aug 95 14:11:48 EDT

> How would people feel about adding text in a future version of the
> standard to say that
>
> ...
>
> (3) if the complete URI formed to resolve a relative reference
> is the current document or a location within the current
> document (where the "current document" is defined to be
> what is specified by BASE or, if BASE is not present, the URI
> under which the document was retrieved, then the browser
> shall resolve it within the current copy of the document

Hummm, well, you'll have to add verbiage covering the case where
a change in parameters will require a fresh copy to be retrieved.
For example, a TOC generated on the fly may include an 'expand' button
to show the same document with more detail.

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