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To add to Bob's points below: Most of the observations I've seen on this list regarding why there is little use of Xlink make the following points: (1) Too heavyweight (i.e. too much information required to describe links, even in the simplest mode) (2) Includes presentation aspects with data in a manner that was not originally intended for XML Kind Regards, Joseph Chiusano Booz Allen Hamilton Strategy and Technology Consultants to the World > -----Original Message----- > From: DuCharme, Bob (LNG-CHO) [mailto:bob.ducharme@l...] > Sent: Friday, January 14, 2005 12:41 PM > To: 'Nadia.Swaby@p...'; xml-dev@l... > Subject: RE: XLink - anyone using? > > >My question is this: Is anyone using XLink? > > XBRL uses some XLink, SVG uses a little bit, and that's about it. > > >How useful do you find it? > > XLink provides some nice constructs to help you model the > relationships, but using it won't buy you anything in terms > of automation or ease of use when plugging in tools, which is > usually the main reason to use a standard. > > >What implementations are out there? > > These days, virtually none. I wrote something about how > little XLink was used almost three years ago at > http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2002/03/13/xlink.html and there's > been little progress since. > > Are you using an internally developed DTD or a public one > that we might have heard of, like DocBook? Also, how solid of > a way to refer to a specific document do you have? I assume > that "document #335" is just something you made up for an > example; is there an intranet URI or some other internal > identifier that can unambiguously point to a specific > document so that a processing system can find it? For each > output medium that those documents will be converted to, can > these identifiers be converted to identifiers that work in > that medium? (e.g. > whether or not the internal identifiers are URIs, can then be > converted to URLs when the documents are converted to HTML?) > > Bob DuCharme www.snee.com/bob <bob@ > snee.com> weblog on linking-related topics: > http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/1191 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Nadia.Swaby@p... [mailto:Nadia.Swaby@p...] > Sent: Friday, January 14, 2005 11:20 AM > To: xml-dev@l... > Subject: XLink - anyone using? > > I am a newbie to the list and I would like to say hi! > > My question is this: Is anyone using XLink? > What implementations are out there? > > Background: I am work for a big aerospace company and we are > converting all out procedures from Framemaker to XML. > Everything is stored in Documentum. > These procedures have tons of links: Links to other > procedures, links to MS Office documents, but mostly, links > to other sections in the same procedure. > > We have our Documentum XML application set up so that each > section is a chunk. Therefore, we can't use an internal > (IDREF) linking mechanism when linking between sections. So, > I am trying to figure out what the best method of linking > between sections would be. I am also looking at linking > between sections in other documents (i.e. document #331 > section 3 has a link to document #335 section 5). > > Any insights would be greatly appreciated. > > > Nadia Swaby > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > The xml-dev list is sponsored by XML.org > <http://www.xml.org>, an initiative of OASIS > <http://www.oasis-open.org> > > The list archives are at http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ > > To subscribe or unsubscribe from this list use the subscription > manager: <http://www.oasis-open.org/mlmanage/index.php> > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > The xml-dev list is sponsored by XML.org > <http://www.xml.org>, an initiative of OASIS > <http://www.oasis-open.org> > > The list archives are at http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ > > To subscribe or unsubscribe from this list use the subscription > manager: <http://www.oasis-open.org/mlmanage/index.php> > >
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