Re: [xml-dev] Why is xml:base a URI *reference*?

Michael Kay scripsit:

> I will never be surprised to find yet more horrors in RFC 2396, but I
> certainly didn't expect anyone to tell me that the word "relative" is
> not being used as an adjective to qualify the noun "URI".

It isn't.  Relative URLs are one kind of URI reference.  "Relative URI"
is not a standardized term.

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