3 Conformance

Conforming XPointer processors claiming to support the xpointer() scheme must conform to the behavior defined in this specification and may conform to additional XPointer scheme specifications.

This specification is intended for use with the XPointer Framework [XPtrFrame] specification, and thus conforming XPointer processors must conform to the requirements of the XPointer Framework.

This specification normatively refers to the XPath [XPath] Recommendation, and conforming XPointer processors must therefore conform to the requirements of XPath except as this specification modifies them.

This specification also normatively uses the XPointer xmlns() scheme specification [XPtr-xmlns]; XPointer processors claiming to conform to this specification must also conform to the xmlns() specification.

Scheme data for the xpointer() scheme conforms to this specification if it does not cause an error as described in this specification.

Should need arise to refer to the namespace for objects defined by this specification, the normative namespace URI for the xpointer() scheme is http://www.w3.org/2001/05/XPointer.