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At 04:58 AM 3/10/02, AndrewWatt2000@aol.com wrote:
>The more I delve into the XLink 1.0 Recommendation the less clear the purpose
>and value of the so-called "locator-type" element becomes.
>
>The main (only significant?) purpose of a locator-type element seems to be to
>hold an xlink:href attribute.
>
>If the specification for the xlink:from and xlink:to attributes on an
>arc-type element were amended from allowing an NCName to a URI it seems to me
>that the locator-type element and its xlink:href attribute could be dispensed
>with.
Note that multiple locators can share the same role, allowing a single arc
element to create multiple arcs between locations.
Note also that more than one locator can identify the same resource in
different roles, clarifying the structure of a complex link which may have
many arcs.
~Chris
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Christopher R. Maden, Principal Consultant, crism consulting
DTDs/schemas - conversion - ebooks - publishing - Web - B2B - training
<URL: http://crism.maden.org/consulting/ >
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