Table of contents

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1.1 Origin and Goals

2 XLink Concepts

2.1 Links and Resources

2.2 Arcs, Traversal, and Behavior

2.3 Resources in Relation to the Physical Location of a Linking Element

3 XLink Processing and Conformance

3.1 Processing Dependencies

3.2 Markup Conformance

3.3 Application Conformance

4 XLink Markup Design

4.1 XLink Attribute Usage Patterns

4.2 XLink Element Type Relationships

4.3 Attribute Value Defaulting

4.4 Integrating XLink Usage with Other Markup

4.5 Using XLink with Legacy Markup

5 XLink Elements and Attributes

5.1 Extended Links (extended-Type Element)

5.1.1 Local Resources for an Extended Link (resource-Type Element)

5.1.2 Remote Resources for an Extended Link (locator-Type Element)

5.1.3 Traversal Rules for an Extended Link (arc-Type Element)

5.1.4 Titles for Extended Links, Locators, and Arcs (title-Type Element)

5.1.5 Locating Linkbases (Special Arc Role)

5.2 Simple Links (simple-Type Element)

5.3 XLink Element Type Attribute (type)

5.4 Locator Attribute (href)

5.5 Semantic Attributes (role, arcrole, and title)

5.6 Behavior Attributes (show and actuate)

5.6.1 show Attribute

5.6.2 actuate Attribute

5.7 Traversal Attributes (label, from, and to)

Appendices

A.1 Normative References

A.2 Non-Normative References

C Working Group Members and Acknowledgments

2 XLink Concepts

XLink Concepts

This section describes the terms and concepts that are essential to understanding XLink, without discussing the syntax used to create XLink constructs. A few additional terms are introduced in later parts of this specification.

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