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Subject: DOCBOOK: Re: Linking in DocBook V5.0


Norman Walsh <ndw@nwalsh.com> writes:

[Disclaimer: I still haven't read the XLink spec.]

> But what does this mean:
>
>   <para>What about <hardware xlink:type="extended">
>     <locator .../>
>     <locator .../>
>     <locator .../>
>     <arc ../>
>     <arc ../>
>     <arc ../>
>     <arc ../></hardware>?</para>

<para>Please, use one of our <ulink xlink:type="extended">
     <locator .../>
     <locator .../>
     <locator .../>
     <arc ../>
     <arc ../>
     <arc ../>
     <arc ../>
     mirror sites</ulink>.</para>

> It isn't clear what should be rendered or how.

Popup a list to select an item from (or somethink).  Make it a
backlinked standalone document.

> I think we can move forward in stages, if we allow only simple links
> for now, we can easily add extended links later (in a point-release as
> it'd be a backwards compatible change).

Sure.  But do it fast, before "they" will have invented the next
standard :)

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