I would suggest that XInclude is an entirely different technology - more like an entity expansion.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Jonathan Borden > Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2001 7:11 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Preparing for a new update > > > Paul Rabin wrote: > > At 11:36 PM 7/24/01 -0400, Jonathan Borden wrote: > > > > >Well assuming the attribute is "xml:include" then this is identical to > > >XInclude isn't it? Seriously, what is the essential difference between > this > > >'experimental linking facility' and XInclude? > > > > Jonathan, > > > > Actually, the attribute is xlnlink:href. And it's a bit different from > > XInclude, since there is no copying or re-parsing. > > > > Ok I understand that the attribute has a different name (that is one > difference). I still don't understand how it functions in a different way. > In specific an implementation of XInclude acts _as if_ the > included document > was in the including document. Copying/reparsing etc are merely > implementation issues. What I mean by saying that they are equivalent is > that the "Infoset" provided by both mechanisms should be the same, if not > please explain how the stored XML Infoset is different. > > This is generally termed "transclusion" and has been long discussed (e.g. > http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/w3c-sgml-wg/1996Dec/0318.html) > > Again, as far as I know, between the current mechanisms of XInclude and > XLink the various well known mechanisms of reference and > inclusion/transclusion are already specified. > > Particularly I have no idea what it would mean to be "somewhere in between > XInclude and XLink". If there has indeed been invented a new concept > pertaining to hypertext theory please explain this in more detail. > > -Jonathan > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Contact adminstrator: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Read archived messages: http://archive.xmldb.org/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Contact adminstrator: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Read archived messages: http://archive.xmldb.org/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------
