Altova Mailing List Archives>Archive Index >xml-dev Archive Home >Recent entries >Thread Prev - Re: [xml-dev] XLINK support in browsers [Thread Next] RE: [xml-dev] XLINK support in browsersTo: "'Razvan MIHAIU'" <mihaiu@------.---->,"'Matthew Terenzio'" <matt@---------.---> Date: 4/2/2005 9:08:00 AM > > What's wrong with XLINK ? At first sight it seems to be > quite powerful. > It's at the wrong place in the architecture. XML caught on because people liked the idea of separating information content from presentation, and XLink never recognized that. XML says you can use any names you like for your objects and their properties, but XLink says you have to call your relationships xlink:href. In practice people are storing information in XML form, and using XSLT to transform it into presentation formats like HTML and PDF (via XSL-FO). If you do that, you can model your relationships any way you like, and give them names that make sense. XLink just doesn't add value in that scenario. Michael Kay http://www.saxonica.com/ | ||||||
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