Hi all, I am encountering the following strange behavior with regard to xml:base. Here is an example:
----[ 1.xml ]---- <?xml version="1.0"?> <top xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude";> <xi:include href="dir/2.xml"/> </top> ------------------ ----[ dir/2.xml ]---- <?xml version="1.0"?> <elem1 xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude";> <xi:include href="../3.xml"/> </elem1> --------------------- ----[ 3.xml ]---- <?xml version="1.0"?> <elem2> <a fileref="x.svg"/> </elem2> ------------------ Now, if I process 1.xml with 'xmllint --xinclude', I get: $ xmllint --xinclude 1.xml <?xml version="1.0"?> <top xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude";> <elem1 xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"; xml:base="dir/2.xml"> <elem2> <a fileref="x.svg"/> </elem2> </elem1> </top> The question is, why is xml:base missing on elem2? It is included from a different location than its ancestor, elem1. Is it a bug in libxml2, or am I missing something in the XInclude specification? As far as I can see, XInclude says: "Each element information item in the top-level included items which has a different base URI than its include parent has an attribute information item added to its attributes property." In this case base URI for elem2 is different than that for elem1 - so I think xml:base should be present. This affects DocBook stylesheets: when they attempt to insert the references to external graphics (e.g. fo:external-graphic for XSL-FO output), they analyze xml:base on all of the element's ancestors. With inclusion like this, it incorrectly resolves the file reference like a/@fileref above to point to dir/x.svg. Any workarounds? I am using 2.9.0 now, haven't tried with the "bleeding edge" yet. Regards, Alexey.
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