--- src/org/apache/xerces/xinclude/XIncludeHandler.java.ORI	2007-09-15 00:27:02.000000000 +0200
+++ src/org/apache/xerces/xinclude/XIncludeHandler.java	2009-01-14 10:05:12.000000000 +0100
@@ -2150,7 +2150,7 @@
                 }
 
                 URI base = new URI(fParentRelativeURI, true);
-                URI uri = new URI(base, relativeURI);
+                URI uri = new URI(relativeURI, true);
                 
                 /** Check whether the scheme components are equal. */
                 final String baseScheme = base.getScheme();
