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What is XLink?by Fabio Arciniegas A.September 18, 2000
OverviewEvery developer is familiar with the linking capabilities of the
Web today. However, as the use of XML grows, we quickly realize
that simple tags like
Consider, for example the problem of creating an XML-based help system similar to ones used in some PC applications. Among other things (such as displaying amusingly animated characters), the system might be capable of performing the following actions when a user clicks on a topic:
Trying to code something like this (links with multiple targets, directions, and roles) in XML while having old "<a href..." in mind is confusing, and leads people to questions like the following:
In answer to these and many other linking questions, this article describes the structure and use of XLink. The article is composed of three parts: a brief example that illustrates the basics of the language, a complete review of the structure of XLink, and a list of XLink-related resources. The resources include some XSLT transformations that enable your HTML output to simulate required XLink behavior on today's browsers. |
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