[whatwg] <base> versus xml:base

[Geoffrey Sneddon]

On 2 Mar 2007, at 19:25, Keryx Web wrote:

> Anne van Kesteren skrev:
>> I think <base> should also be allowed in XML documents. It  
>> simplifies the language, it already needs to be supported and  
>> <base> is able to set Document.baseURI where xml:base can at most  
>> set Document.documentElement.baseURI. (Document.baseURI influences  
>> how XMLHttpRequest works for instance.)
>> The <base> element section should probably also talk about what  
>> happens when you modify the .href attribute.
>
> And today the base element already works in at least FFox and Opera  
> also when content is sent as true XHTML 1.0, so this would not  
> really change anything but the spec.

XHTML 1.0/1.1 doesn't allow xml:base, though, so <base> is the only  
way to set a base URL within the document.


- Geoffrey Sneddon