XML Unleashed

Inside XLink

The fundamental construct used to specify links in XLink is the linking element, which is an element that asserts the existence of a link and describes its characteristics. The anchor element in HTML is a good example of a linking element. Although linking elements form the basis of XLink, there are no predefined linking elements in the XLink language. In other words, you won't find an a element, or anything similar to it, in the XLink language. This is because the whole premise of XML is the creation of custom tag sets, which precludes the usage of a fixed linking element. In other words, you'll probably want to define your own linking elements specific to a given XML vocabulary, as opposed to being locked into a fixed element, ...