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RE: [xml-dev] XLINK support in browsers

From: "Michael Kay" <mike@--------.--->
To: "'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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