XLinkProxy: external linkbases with XLink

ABSTRACT

In the linking model of the World Wide Web each link is stored in the referring document within an attribute of the A tag. All the hyperlink defined this way can reference a single resource or a single fragment. With the evolution of Web technologies more powerful linking languages (XLink and XPointer) have been proposed.Here we introduce XLinkProxy, a Web application that allows sophisticated hyperlink (defined using XLink and XPointer) to be defined outside referring documents, giving users the chance to build dynamic multidestination, multidirectional links databases.

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  H. Information Systems
  H.5 INFORMATION INTERFACES AND PRESENTATION (I.7)
      H.5.4 Hypertext/Hypermedia
          Subjects: Architectures

Additional Classification:
  H. Information Systems
  H.5 INFORMATION INTERFACES AND PRESENTATION (I.7)
      H.5.4 Hypertext/Hypermedia
          Subjects: Navigation

General Terms:
Languages

Keywords:
XLink, XPointer, external linkbases