The XSLT 1.0 spec contains a number of statements about what is supposed to
happen:
The xsl:include element has an href attribute whose value is a URI reference
identifying the stylesheet to be included. A relative URI is resolved
relative to the base URI of the xsl:include element (see [3.2 Base URI])...
The resource located by the href attribute value is parsed as an XML
document, and the children of the xsl:stylesheet element in this document
replace the xsl:include element in the including document.
You have to read all these statements with an implicit "If possible then X
happens, otherwise an error is signaled".
-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Foster [mailto:bob(_at_)objfac(_dot_)com]
Sent: 24 April 2004 15:52
To: xsl-list(_at_)lists(_dot_)mulberrytech(_dot_)com
Subject: Re: [xsl] Is it an error if can't resolve uri-reference?
Michael Kay wrote:
Is it an error if, when processing an include or import element, a
stylesheet processor can't resolve the href uri-reference?
Yes, it's an error.
The 1.0 spec doesn't say that it is. Or did I miss it?
The 1.0 spec doesn't try to list all the things that can go wrong.
Is there any document that does? How is an implementor supposed to
decide whether to treat this as an error or ignore it?
I know this is all water under the bridge for you, but now
you've got me
wondering what other errors (not implied by syntax or
described by other
specs) aren't called out in the spec?
Bob Foster
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