See Extensible Linking Language.
W3C Candidate Recommendation 3 July 2000 XLink is a linking mechanism related to the HTML linking (with the a element), but it is much more powerful. In HTML linking is one-directional, while XLinks can be multidirectional. HTML links can only be made to one link resource at a time, while XLink makes possible links to multiple resources. XLink relates conceptually to XPath and XPointer.
The linking language created for XML (used to be called the Extensible Link Language or XML-Link). XLink allows users to create a variety of different kinds of links within and between XML documents.
eXtended Links, An XML LInk Language that extends links beyond the capability of HTML-links. enables more specific classification of links and link targets as well as presentation, transformation, and conversion with applications.
XLink, a href="..." on steroids, lets you link to more than one item and have labels and meanings for each link. The simplest example resembles the HTML version, with some extra attributes: a xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="http://www.artist.com"/ HTML uses to signify links, but you can use XLink in a variety of XML documents so you are not restricted to using . The xmlns:xlink attribute gives meaning to the other attributes by announcing that this is XLink. The xlink:type="simple" attribute tells the XLink interpreter to keep things simple, and xlink:href="..." represents the real link, just like in HTML. A more involved sample showing multiple links looks like this: artist xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:type="extended" album xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="album" xlink:href="a.html"/ song xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="single" xlink:href="b1.html"/ song xlink:type="locator" xlink:label="single" xlink:href="b2.html"/ /object In this example, one artist links to one album and two singles. XLink uses XML:Base (see below).
A package of hyperlinking functionality that comes in two parts. "XLink" governs how links are inserted into an XML document; "XPointer" determines the identifier that goes on a URL when linking to an XML document from somewhere else, such as another Web page. Formerly known as XLL (Extensible Linking Language).
XML Linking, or hyperlinks on steroids. An attribute-based language for linking a resource to one or more other resources, with extended information about what type of link it is and how it should be rendered. Links may be bidirectional, and can be defined outside the documents they link.
ML Lin king language - Language which inserts description of object link in an XML document.
XML linking language (XLink) allows elements to be inserted into XML documents in order to create and describe links between resources. It uses XML syntax to create structures that can describe links similar to the simple unidirectional hyperlinks of contemporary HTML, as well as more sophisticated links.
Specifies constructs that may be inserted into XML resources to describe links between objects. XLink uses XML syntax to create structures that can describe the simple unidirectional hyperlinks of HTML as well as more sophisticated multidirectional links.
The XML Linking language consisting of the rules governing the use of hyperlinks in XML documents. These rules are being developed by the XML Linking Group under the W3C recommendation process. This is one of the three languages XML supports to manage document presentation and hyperlinks (XLink, XPointer, and XPath).
b . A language for specifying links between XML documents. Links: XLink Spec
The part of the XLL specification that is concerned with specifying links between documents.
The XML Linking Language, or XLink, is an XML markup language used for creating hyperlinks within XML documents. It is a W3C standard.
(XML Linking Language) The language used to create and manage links among content components written in Extensible Markup Language (XML). XLink uses XML syntax to create constructs that can be inserted into XML documents to create links of varying complexity — from the simple, unidirectional hyperlinks of Hypertext Markup Language to more sophisticated, multidirectional links. Specifications for the language are defined in the World Wide Web Consortium's proposed XLink Recommendation. See XML.
XLink is a component of XLL that is used to define simple or extended links. These link a source object (word, phrase or image) with a target location in the same or another web page in HTML or XML. XLinks can point to target files of unstructured data (documents, reports, email, images, graphics, audio or video files). XLinks can also point to target files of structured data in databases or legacy files.
An extension to XML which allows links between XML-encoded documents to be easily defined.
XLink is a linking mechanism that is somewhat similar to HTML links. However, unlike HTML links, XLink permits permits bidirectional links and/or one link to connect many documents together.
A mechanism for constructing links in XML. W3C is developing a standard.
(XML Linking Language)—Provides a framework to link all the XML resources together.
The XML Linking Language, or XLink, is an XML markup language used for creating hyperlinks for XML documents. XLink is a W3 C specification which describes methods for allowing elements to be inserted into XML documents in order to create and describe links between resources, whether internal or external to the original document.