Re: [docbook] References to external files relative to xml:base?

["Bob Stayton" <bobs at sagehill dot net>]

You are correct, the stylesheet should make use of xml:base to resolve those
paths.  I've been working on fixing that, but didn't get it done in time for
the 1.65 release.  It's a little tricky because xincludes can be nested,
with different xml:base values that must be followed in sequence.  I'll make
the fix available soon.

Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises
DocBook Consulting
bobs@sagehill.net


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Justus H. Piater" <Justus.Piater@ULg.ac.be>
To: <docbook@lists.oasis-open.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 29, 2004 9:43 AM
Subject: [docbook] References to external files relative to xml:base?


Question/proposal:

Similarly to XIncludes, shouldn't all references (by relative paths)
to external files (imagedata fileref etc.) be evaluated relative to
xml:base?

Currently, when I xi:include components from another directory, I have
to link any files referenced from those comonents to the current
directory. I think, for consistency with XInclude, this should not be
necessary.

If I understand things correctly, then this would involve collecting
xml:base attributes from the entire ancestry of the given node, and
concatenating them appropriately. Is there a canonical way to do this?
An XSLT template would be most welcome :-).

The question above is a DocBook question, while the implementation
concerns docbook-apps. Perhaps responses should be cross-posted?

Thanks,
Justus

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