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Re: Extension and media type and RDDL and document types

• To: Michael Brennan <mpbrennan@e...>
• Subject: Re: Extension and media type and RDDL and document types
• From: Jonathan Borden <jborden@m...>
• Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2002 14:40:41 -0500
• Cc: xml-dev@l...
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• Sender: lgp@c...

Michael Brennan wrote:

>
> Why not have an index.xml or index.xhtml in each XAR that adopts RDDL
> conventions, but using extended rather than simple links? The same
> syntax for the extended link could also be used in linkbases, enabling
> applications to permit the user to associate additional resources with a
> namespace or doctype without having to package a XAR or put RDDL on a
> website.

Could you provide a short example that demonstates the benefits of an extended vs.
simple XLink, particularly for something like a XAR. Is it that an extended XLink
would represent a tree of subresources rather than a single source e.g. the namespace
URI and multiple leaves e.g. the references resources?

Jonathan

• References:
  • RE: RDDL (was RE: Negotiate Out The Noise)
    • From: "Bullard, Claude L (Len)" <clbullar@i...>
  • Re: RDDL (was RE: Negotiate Out The Noise)
    • From: Paul T <pault12@p...>
  • Re: RDDL (was RE: Negotiate Out The Noise)
    • From: "Nicolas Lehuen" <nicolas.lehuen@u...>
  • Re: RDDL (was RE: Negotiate Out The Noise)
    • From: "Jonathan Borden" <jborden@m...>
  • Re: RDDL (was RE: Negotiate Out The Noise)
    • From: Paul T <pault12@p...>
  • Re: RDDL (was RE: Negotiate Out The Noise)
    • From: "Jonathan Borden" <jborden@m...>
  • Re: RDDL (was RE: Negotiate Out The Noise)
    • From: Tim Bray <tbray@t...>
  • The task to be solved by RDDL. Re: RDDL (was RE: Negotiate Out The Noise)
    • From: Paul T <pault12@p...>
  • Re: The task to be solved by RDDL. Re: RDDL(was RE: Negotiate Out The Noise)
    • From: Elliotte Rusty Harold <elharo@m...>
  • Re: The task to be solved by RDDL. Re: RDDL(was RE: Negotiate Out The Noise)
    • From: Ronald Bourret <rpbourret@r...>
  • RDDL and document types was : Re: The task to be solved by RDDL.
    • From: "Jonathan Borden" <jborden@m...>
  • Re: RDDL and document types was : Re: The task to be solved by RDDL.
    • From: Michael Brennan <mpbrennan@e...>
  • Re: RDDL and document types was : Re: The task to be solved by RDDL.
    • From: "Jonathan Borden" <jborden@m...>
  • Extension and media type and RDDL and document types
    • From: "Rick Jelliffe" <ricko@a...>
  • Re: Extension and media type and RDDL and document types
    • From: Michael Brennan <mpbrennan@e...>

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