Re: Re: [xml] mobile links for XInclude?

["Ben Decker" <bdeck lycos co uk>]

> FromDaniel Veillard <veillard redhat com>
> DateFri, 20 Jun 2003 17:42:01 -0400
>On Fri, Jun 20, 2003 at 10:33:18PM +0100, Ben Decker wrote:
>> variable location, and not a hard physical link. The situation is this: I have a filetree of interlinked XML file 
>  There is no such definition as a "physical link" in the whole set of 
>specifications related to XML or the Web.

OK.. I am sorry if I used the wrong 'terminology', but I think someone here anyway understands what I mean...


>> would like to move the whole filetree to a different location. Would something like this ever be possible:
>> <xi:include href="$XMLDATA/program/python.xml#xpointer(//python/libs)" parse="xml"
>
>  No. The href attribute content is an URI Reference as defined in RFC 2396.
>So far this has been sufficient to build the Web, that should be sufficient
>for XInclude. Use relative URI reference or HTTP redirects.
>  If you really want to make something not portable and are ready to
>design something that broken, then you can define your own entity handler
>at the libxml2 level

Why so negetive? I have a problem and need a solution. What I have learned so far doesn't offer one. I didn't see 
reason for such a reaction like this... Was this really warranted?


>On Sat, Jun 21, 2003 at 02:58:46PM +0200, Oliver Fischer wrote:
>> May you should consider to use XML catalogs for this.
>
>  Right this might be a cleaner way to do a local remapping of the
>URLs than overriding the default entity loader. I tend to consider
>that catalogs are more system resources than "programming" resources
>but they could play that role.

Thank you for the *positive* input that may help offer a *solution* to my problem, Oliver. I don't know anything 
about "XML Catalogs". Maybe they can help me. Thanks.


Many regards,
Ben

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• From: Daniel Veillard <veillard redhat com>
• To: Oliver Fischer <plexus snafu de>
• Cc: Ben Decker <bdeck lycos co uk>, libxml mailing list <xml gnome org>
• Subject: Re: [xml] mobile links for XInclude?
• Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2003 09:59:11 -0400

On Sat, Jun 21, 2003 at 02:58:46PM +0200, Oliver Fischer wrote:
> May you should consider to use XML catalogs for this.

  Right this might be a cleaner way to do a local remapping of the
URLs than overriding the default entity loader. I tend to consider
that catalogs are more system resources than "programming" resources
but they could play that role.

Daniel

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