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• Subject: RE: XLink and mixed vocabulary design
• From: "DuCharme, Bob (LNG-CHO)" <bob.ducharme@l...>
• Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 12:49:25 -0500

>Hypertext is a particular application of linking, a more basic notion.
>It's a mistake to think of links solely in the hypertext context.

Hear,hear. I can complain about XLink with the best of them, but I do like
the Rec's definitions, particularly its definition of a link: "An XLink link
is an explicit relationship between resources or portions of resources." A
footnote, a URL on the side of a bus, and a guy holding up a "John 3:16"
sign at a basketball game are all links. A hyperlink is an interactive
presentation of a link on a screen--a rendering of a link. 

Bob

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