Re: [xml-dev] xlink 1.1

[ht@inf.ed.ac.uk (Henry S. Thompson)]

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Simon St.Laurent writes:

>> PR http://www.w3.org/TR/xlink11/
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> Um, why?
>
> Is the shift from URI to IRI that important?

It is the _World Wide_ Web, so yes.

> Are there users of XLink demanding revision?

In one respect, yes: XLink 1.1 defines a simple profile, and allows
the use of xlink:href without an accompanying xlink:type.  As a result
of this change such usage, which is already widespread in SVG and
DocBook, becomes conformant.  AKA paving the footpaths.

ht
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