Re: [xml-dev] Xlink Isn't Dead

[James Fuller <jim.fuller@ruminate.co.uk>]

> * freedom of choice in the syntactic form of the identifier
> 
> * freedom of choice in the naming of identifiers 
> 
> * independence of document boundaries
> 
> * indirection between identifiers of objects and the addresses of the
> documents containing them 
> 
> * indirection between identifiers of objects and their XML representations
> 
> * bi-directional (inverse) relationships
> 
> * flexibility in the management of referential integrity
> 
> * versioning

nice list.

wondering which of these could be removed (and still hit 80% functionality)

--J