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   Re: [xml-dev] Defining Xlink in XMLschema

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Chiusano - thank you very much for your answers.

Micah - thank you for pointing out the error in the namespace.

Yours

Charles

----- Original Message -----
From: "Chiusano Joseph" <chiusano_joseph@bah.com>
To: "C Baines" <cbaines@westroadchurch.org.uk>
Cc: <xml-dev@lists.xml.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2003 7:27 PM
Subject: Re: [xml-dev] Defining Xlink in XMLschema


> Charles,
>
> Please see comments below:
>
> Regarding #1: You should declare <link> as a global element in the
> schema and simply reference it where necessary. If you'd like to hide
> the XLink attributes in the instance document, you could also use fixed
> attribute values and just include a <link> element in the document where
> necessary (this assumes that you will have the same set of XLink
> attributes for each <link> element - if not, you could name them
> <link1>, <link2>, etc. or with more descriptive names).
>
> Regarding #2: It is unnecessary to declare these. The fact that they are
> used within the XLink namespace will cause the XLink processor to
> interpret them accordingly.
>
> Kind Regards,
> Joe Chiusano
> Booz | Allen | Hamilton
>
>
>
>
> C Baines wrote:
> >
> > Hi
> >
> > Can anyone help me with these questions?
> >
> > If I wanted to include inline xlinks within a document e.g.
> >
> > <rhyme>The <link xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3c.org/1999/xlink";
> > xlink:href="cat.png" xlink:show="new" xlink:title="cat">cat</link> sat
on
> > the mat</rhyme>
> >
> > 1.    Presumably <rhyme> and any other elements containing <link> need
to be
> > mixed elements declaring <link> as a child in the schema - but is there
a
> > way of declaring <link> just once in the schema so that it can be used
> > within any elements at random?
> >
> > 2.    (Main question) Do I still have to declare the xlink attributes in
the
> > schema, i.e. href, show and title, or is this unnecessary because I have
> > declared the Xlink namespace within <link> already?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Charles
> >
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