Re: Does xml:base apply to type="html" content?

[Anne van Kesteren <fora@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Quoting James Holderness <j4_james@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
> I think the issue of neutral link bookmarking is unlikely to be a 
> problem for Atom aggregators though. Server bugs are another thing, 
> but I think most feeds will be broken without an explicit xml:base 
> anyway, so maybe that's not worth worrying about. I'm not sure 
> though. Should the WG recommend ignoring Content-Location as a base 
> URI, or should aggregators follow the RFC exactly as specified?

If `Content-Location` is not usable or can't be used consistent on a website
(for example, using it for both Atom and HTML content) I suggest we specify
something that is consistent with what browsers do. And perhaps try to 
obsolete
the relevant header if possible...


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Anne van Kesteren
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