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Allows elements to be inserted into XML documents in order to create and describe links between resources.
Set of attributes that can turn any element into a (multidirectional) link.
XPointers can be used as the fragment identifier for the URI, allowing it to link to arbitrary positions in a document.
Attribute: xlink:type
The type attribute defines the 'xlink type' of an element and can have 6 different values:
simple
Create a simple one directional link.
<image xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
xlink:type="simple"
xlink:href="image.gif"/>
extended
Define a multi-directional, many-to-many link.
<image xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
xlink:type="extended">
<src xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="logo.gif"/>
<src xlink:type="locator" xlink:href="mirror/logo.gif"/>
</image>
locator
Define a location for an extended link.
arc
Define traversal rules.
title
Define a human-readable title.
resource
Define a local resource.
Attribute: xlink:title
The title attribute is used to describe the meaning of a link or resource.
Attribute: xlink:role / xlink:arcrole
A URI reference that identifies some resource that describes the intended property.
Attribute: xlink:show
The show attribute is used to communicate the desired presentation of the ending resource on traversal from the starting resource.
Following options: new (show in new window), replace (show in same window), embed (show in current content), other and none.
Attribute: xlink:actuate
The actuate attribute is used to communicate the desired timing of traversal from the starting resource to the ending resource.
Following options: onLoad (show when loading), onRequest (show after user request), other and none.
Attribute: xlink:label
Used on the resource- and locator-type elements to allow arc-type elements to point to/from.
Attribute: xlink:from / xlink:to
Used on the arc-type elements to point to resource- and locator-type elements that have a label attribute defined.
The definition does not provide a default for the type attribute (heavily dependent on DTDs).
Limited tool support.
Namespace: http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink
XML Linking Language (XLink) Version 1.1