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Re: Re: Linking in DocBook V5.0
- From: Yann Dirson <ydirson at fr dot alcove dot com>
- To: Bob Stayton <bobs at caldera dot com>
- Cc: jirka at kosek dot cz, ydirson at fr dot alcove dot com, docbook at lists dot oasis-open dot org
- Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 13:46:27 +0100
- Subject: Re: DOCBOOK: Re: Linking in DocBook V5.0
- List-id: <docbook.lists.oasis-open.org>
- References: <10111150933.aa27009@mammoth.ca.caldera.com>
On Thu, Nov 15, 2001 at 09:33:17AM -0800, Bob Stayton wrote:
> > Wild thought: would it be sufficient to keep the IDREF-based mechanism
> > for current linking elements (Link/XRef), maybe depreciate ULink, and
> > add XLink support only to elements other than Link/XRef (which
> > may not need XLink anyway) ?
>
> No, it would not be sufficient. Link and xref will remain
> the primary means for forming links. If you want
> to form internal links, use the linkend attribute and let the
> processor validate your IDREFs. But XLink lets you
> link outside of the current document, which is a
> very powerful new feature.
Right, I did not think of the issue Norm raised about XInclude'd
sub-docs.
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