[XML-DEV Mailing List Archive Home] [By Thread] [By Date] [Recent Entries] [Reply To This Message] RE: SkunkLink: a skunkworks XML linking proposal
> Thinking along these lines, I proposed on www-tag a 'modest > hyperlinking proposal' [1] that consisted of only two > attributes, 'href' and 'src', both conveniently in the > http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace namespace. 'href' links > indicate the author's intent that a link should be presented > to the user for traversal. You are making exactly the same mistake. The reason that XLink has not taken off is that it neglects the basic raison d'etre of XML, which is to separate information representation from user interface concerns. XML needs a way to model relationships (it currently has several, none of which is very good). "Links that should be presented to the user" belong in a user interface vocabulary, not in XML itself. Michael Kay Software AG home: Michael.H.Kay@n... work: Michael.Kay@s...
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