xtm-href-whitespace

Type(s): Issue

Description
- Is whitespace allowed in the xlink:href attribute? If it is allowed, how is it interpreted? If it is not allowed, what action is taken when it is found?
Opinion
- No, raise error. This is XML, anyway, so strictness is ok. - Scope: Robert Barta
- Spaces within a URL are disallowed, so strings are simply not URLs of they contain them. All spaces should be escaped (a '%20'). - Scope: Murray Altheim
- yes its allowed. if it doesnt validly ref something then tough luck. - Scope: Graham Moore
Resolution
- Whitespace is forbidden in URIs unless it is escaped.

Background
- http://www.w3.org/TR/xlink/#link-locators
- http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-2/#anyURI

Object id: 859
Item identifier(s):
[file:/apps/ontopia.net/tomcat/ontopia-5.3.0/topicmaps/tm-standards.xtm#xtm-href-whitespace]