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

[Yann Dirson <ydirson@fr.alcove.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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