Re: BASE interpretation

Rob Hartill (hartill@ooo.lanl.gov)
Wed, 12 Oct 94 8:55:25 MDT

>
> > How is BASE supposed to be interpreted ?
> >
> > I like the way Xmosaic does it - by replacing the current URL
> > with that specified by the document. However, other people think
> > it should just provide a way to resolve relative URLs.
>
> Same thing -- once the document is retrieved, the URL is only used
> for resolving embedded relative URLs.
>

Fair enough, but is there a way to allow a document to say..

"In future (e.g. with reload or via hotlists etc) use this
alternative URL" ?

which is what Xmosaic (and earlier HTML specs) let you do with
BASE ?

If there is no way to do this, then who do I pester in order to
try to get it into a future HTML spec ?

regards,
rob

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