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On Tuesday 01 October 2002 11:18 pm, Paul Prescod wrote: > Joshua Allen wrote: > > Wouldn't it be fair to say that hyperlinks are neither presentation nor > > content, but rather semantics/metadata? > > Some documents are totally useless without their hyperlinks. e.g. RSS. > So I think that the hyperlinks are as much the "real data" as the titles > and descriptions. In that case, certainly. In general... in general nothing; it depends on the case. Are the URLs in XBEL links or just URLs-as-data? Depends on your viewpoint, I guess :-) Either way they're certainly content. A link to an image with the intention that the target of the link be embedded is pretty presentational, especially if it's a 1x1 transparent gif stretched to make a spacer... LINK REL="stylesheet" is definitely related to presentation in *some* way. Links as semantics... yeah, I can see that perspective too; it's the semantics of the clickable bits. Particularly when the 'link' is javascript: or mailto: - but that's a bit naughty anyway. > Paul Prescod ABS -- Oh, pilot of the storm who leaves no trace, Like thoughts inside a dream Heed the path that led me to that place, Yellow desert screen
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