XLinks and XPointers

• XLinks and XPointers
• Three Technologies
• Versions
• HTML Links are Limited
• XLinks are More Powerful
• Application Support
• Linking Elements
• For example
• Declaring XLink Attributes in DTDs
• Fixed Attributes
• Other Attributes
• xlink:simple
• Descriptions of the Remote Resource
• role and title
• Link Behavior
• xlink:show
• xlink:actuate
• Parameter Entities for Link Attributes
• Extended Links
• Extended Link Elements
• Locators
• xlink:type="locator"
• xlink:locator
• Locators in DTDs
• Parameter Entities for these DTDs
• Arcs
• xlink:arc
• Arc Traversal Behavior
• show, actuate, actuatedefault, showdefault
• xlink:show, xlink:actuate, xlink:actuatedefault, xlink:showdefault
• Declarations for Extended Link Attributes
• Out-of-Line Links and Extended Link Groups
• Extended Link Group Syntax
• Extended Link Example
• Extended Link Example
• Extended Link Example
• Or, Using Attribute Syntax
• XLink Summary
• XPointers
• What are XPointers?
• Why Use XPointers?
• Three Problems to Solve
• Named Anchors are HTML's solution
• XPointer Examples
• URIs with XPointers
• XLinks with XPointers
• Document Fragments
• A Concrete Example
• Location Steps
• Absolute Location Steps
• id()
• ID shortcut
• The root /
• Relative Location Steps
• The Parts of a Relative Location Step
• The Twelve Relative Location Axes
• child
• descendant
• descendant-or-self
• parent
• self
• ancestor
• ancestor-or-self
• preceding
• following
• preceding-sibling
• following-sibling
• attribute
• Node Tests
• The wild card *
• text()
• comment()
• processing-instruction()
• Predicates
• XPointer Predicates are booleans
• position()
• String Location Terms
• Position and Length in String Location Terms
• Ranges
• Tumblers
• XPointer Summary
• To Learn More