Return-Path: Mailing-List: contact cocoon-dev-help@xml.apache.org; run by ezmlm Delivered-To: mailing list cocoon-dev@xml.apache.org Received: (qmail 68695 invoked from network); 17 May 2000 19:46:07 -0000 Received: from balld-0.dsl.speakeasy.net (HELO localhost.localdomain) (@216.254.77.75) by locus.apache.org with SMTP; 17 May 2000 19:46:06 -0000 Received: from localhost (balld@localhost) by localhost.localdomain (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id OAA23426 for ; Wed, 17 May 2000 14:36:54 -0400 X-Authentication-Warning: localhost.localdomain: balld owned process doing -bs Date: Wed, 17 May 2000 14:36:53 -0400 (EDT) From: Donald Ball X-Sender: balld@localhost.localdomain To: cocoon-dev@xml.apache.org Subject: Re: XLink Processor for Cocoon In-Reply-To: <958551496.392255c871a42@www2.khbo.be> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Spam-Rating: locus.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N On Wed, 17 May 2000, Bruno Dumon wrote: > Hi, > > We are students, and as part of our final project, we have developed an XLink > processor for Cocoon. > What it actually does is interpreting the XLink descriptions which are present > in a XML file and it converts them to simple XLinks, which can then be converted > to HTML links using an XSLT stylesheet. It may sound simple, but since with > XLink it's possible to describe a link in document A wich actually starts from > document B, it's necessary to remember these links. There's also some support > for XPointer. > > For those who would like to take a look at it, we've made it available at: > > http://bewoner.dma.be/bruno2/xlinkstuff.tgz > > It comes with some small demos illustrating the possibilities. Please see the > README file in the package for installation instructions. The program is (of > course) just a 'proof of concept', it's not very well tested. Hey, that's not bad at all! Would you care to comment on the pros and cons of using XLinks v.s. XIncludes? - donald