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Subject: Re: DOCBOOK-APPS: Cross references

From: Jirka Kosek <jirka@kosek.cz>
To: Dave Pawson <daveP@dpawson.freeserve.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 21:08:12 +0100

Dave Pawson wrote:

> E.g. <link linkend="idn">Hot content </link> linking through
> to whatever element has the corresponding 'idn' value as
> its id attribute.
> 
> <example id="idn">This, to me, is a valid target, as might
> be a <para>, section, or <head> element.
> 
> Am I in a minority with this one or would others like it
> extended.
> AFAIK, the only valid targets for linkend are 'major'
> wrapper elements, such as <sect1 <section etc.

I do not know which version of stylesheets you use, but for me it works
in both DSSSL and XSL stylesheet.

> The definitive guide is silent as to what are valid targets.

This is issue related completly to stylesheets, not to DocBook DTD.

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References:
- DOCBOOK-APPS: Cross references
  - From: Dave Pawson <daveP@dpawson.freeserve.co.uk>