[xsl] import / include using file: URI over windows networking

[David Andersen - DefenseWeb Technologies <david dot andersen at defenseweb dot com>]

Hi, 

I'm new here. I just thought I'd share some info I found when using a file:
URI to import / include templates over Windows networking (UNC descriptor).
Hopefully I can save someone else some frustration.

The syntax that works in all cases so far is <xsl:import
href="file:///\\saturn\dev\test2.xsl" />.  It looks bad, but it works.

Here are the results of some tests I ran to compare the behavior of the
SAXON / MSXML command line parsers:

Can anyone test this on some other parsers?

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    <xsl:import href="file:/\\saturn\dev\test2.xsl" />

doesn't work in msxsl
works in saxon

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    <xsl:import href="file://\\saturn\dev\test2.xsl" />

works in msxsl
doesn't work in saxon

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    <xsl:import href="file:///\\saturn\dev\test2.xsl" />

works in both!

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    <xsl:import href="file:/v:\test2.xsl" />

works in both

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    <xsl:import href="file://v:\test2.xsl" />

works in msxsl
fails in saxon

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    <xsl:import href="file:///v:\test2.xsl" />

works in both


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