XML Base
Encyclopedia
XML Base is a World Wide Web Consortium recommended
facility for defining base URI
s for parts of XML
documents.
XML Base recommendation was adopted on 2001-06-27.
The attribute xml:base may be inserted in XML documents to specify a base URI other than the base URI of the document or external entity. The value of this attribute is interpreted as a URI Reference as defined in RFC 3986 [IETF RFC 3986]. It serves the function described in section 5.1.1 of RFC3986, establishing the base URI (or IRI) for resolving any relative references found within the effective scope of the xml:base attribute.
In namespace-aware XML processors, the "xml" prefix is bound to the namespace name http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace as described in Namespaces in XML [XML Names]. Note that xml:base can be still used by non-namespace-aware processors.
W3C recommendation
A W3C Recommendation is the final stage of a ratification process of the World Wide Web Consortium working group concerning a technical standard. This designation signifies that a document has been subjected to a public and W3C-member organization's review. It aims to standardise the Web technology...
facility for defining base URI
Uniform Resource Identifier
In computing, a uniform resource identifier is a string of characters used to identify a name or a resource on the Internet. Such identification enables interaction with representations of the resource over a network using specific protocols...
s for parts of XML
XML
Extensible Markup Language is a set of rules for encoding documents in machine-readable form. It is defined in the XML 1.0 Specification produced by the W3C, and several other related specifications, all gratis open standards....
documents.
XML Base recommendation was adopted on 2001-06-27.
The attribute xml:base may be inserted in XML documents to specify a base URI other than the base URI of the document or external entity. The value of this attribute is interpreted as a URI Reference as defined in RFC 3986 [IETF RFC 3986]. It serves the function described in section 5.1.1 of RFC3986, establishing the base URI (or IRI) for resolving any relative references found within the effective scope of the xml:base attribute.
In namespace-aware XML processors, the "xml" prefix is bound to the namespace name http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace as described in Namespaces in XML [XML Names]. Note that xml:base can be still used by non-namespace-aware processors.