xlink: show embed

[Kate.Wringe@sybase.com]

I'm confused about the attribute xlink:show
and the option embed. On one hand, the xlink:show attribute appears
to describe what should happen when
you click the link in the built document (e.g., when you click the link,
a new window should open, etc.,).
And yet on the other hand, the embed
option suggests transclusion (http://www.w3.org/TR/xlink/). 

If you had a guilabel, that used the
xlink:href attribute along with xlink:show="embed", does this
mean that the guilabel element would
be replaced by the element that it is
pointing to? 


Thank you,
Kate


xlink:show
Identifies the XLink show behavior of the link.

new
An application traversing to the ending resource should load it in a new window, frame, pane, or other relevant presentation context.
replace
An application traversing to the ending resource should load the resource in the same window, frame, pane, or other relevant presentation context in which the starting resource was loaded.
embed
An application traversing to the ending resource should load its presentation in place of the presentation of the starting resource.
other
The behavior of an application traversing to the ending resource is unconstrained by XLink. The application should look for other markup present in the link to determine the appropriate behavior.
none
The behavior of an application traversing to the ending resource is unconstrained by this specification. No other markup is present to help the application determine the appropriate behavior.
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