"Absolutize" has no defined meaning in relation to URL.

[nigelmegitt]

RFC 3986 does not define "absolutizing". I think you might mean "resolving a reference as defined in RFC 3986".

Originally posted by @palemieux in https://github.com/w3c/ttml2/pull/1054/files

The term "absolutizing" is used 9 times in TTML2 - this should be editorially fixed for clarity.

[skynavga]

Is it truly necessary to define every word used? What can one possibly mean by absolutize in the context of URLs that doesn't mean resolve a relative URI into an absolute URI, and why is it necessary to add a definition for such an obvious and only reasonable interpretation?

[palemieux]

Is it truly necessary to define every word used?

@skynavga No. In this case, it is in fact misleading (and unnecessary) to invent a new word (absolutize) since the normative reference already provides an unambiguous hook: resolving a reference as defined in RFC 3986

[skynavga]

@palemieux well, I can't claim to have invented it, since there are so many references to "absolutize URL" that one can find online, such as here and also here from 2002, and again here from 2009, etc

[palemieux]

I never suggested you did, only that TTML2 should not use it :)