ABSTRACT

XLink has support for simple linking (similar to what happens in web pages) and a more in-depth system where you can connect to multiple sources. A simple link consists of the link element followed by a short series of attributes. We start with the element namespace, followed by the URL - held in an identical format to HTML. Following this are several attributes whose purposes are somewhat atypical for a hyperlinking process:

Role creates an identifier for this document on the network

Title

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the title text to display somewhere in the browser when you move your pointing device over the link.