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1.1 Relationship to XLink

1.2 Relationship to XML External Entities

1.3 Relationship to DTDs

1.4 Relationship to XML Schemas

1.5 Relationship to Grammar-Specific Inclusions

3.1 xi:include Element

3.2 xi:fallback Element

4 Processing Model

4.1 The Include Location

4.1.1 Escaping of href attribute values

4.1.2 Using XInclude with Content Negotiation

4.2 Included Items when parse="xml"

4.2.1 Document Information Items

4.2.2 Multiple Nodes

4.2.3 Range Locations

4.2.4 Point Locations

4.2.5 Element, Comment, and Processing Instruction Information Items

4.2.6 Attribute and Namespace Declaration Information Items

4.2.7 Inclusion Loops

4.3 Included Items when parse="text"

4.4 Fallback Behavior

4.5 Creating the Result Infoset

4.5.1 Unparsed Entities

4.5.2 Notations

4.5.3 references Property Fixup

4.5.4 Namespace Fixup

4.5.5 Base URI Fixup

4.5.6 Language Fixup

4.5.7 Properties Preserved by the Infoset

5.1 Markup Conformance

5.2 Application Conformance

5.3 XML Information Set Conformance

Appendices

C.1 Basic Inclusion Example

C.2 Textual Inclusion Example

C.3 Textual Inclusion of XML Example

C.4 Fragment Inclusion Example

C.5 Range Inclusion Example

C.6 Fallback Example

1.5 Relationship to Grammar-Specific Inclusions

Relationship to Grammar-Specific Inclusions

Special-purpose inclusion mechanisms have been introduced into specific XML grammars. XInclude provides a generic mechanism for recognizing and processing inclusions, and as such can offer a simpler overall authoring experience, greater performance, and less code redundancy.

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