Re: XS: Add element-with-id or map-constructor as non-core query procedure

Subject: Re: XS: Add element-with-id or map-constructor as non-core query procedure
From: Paul Prescod <papresco@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 23 May 1997 14:29:59 -0400
Tony Graham wrote:
> 
> As I understand it, the two possible ways to support a linking element
> such as the HTML <A> element that has content and the content is (one
> end of) the link to the referenced element is using either
> element-with-id (10.2.5) or map-constructor (12.4.3).
> 
> I would prefer inclusion of element-with-id since it is simpler to use
> and not open-ended like what you could do with map-constructor.

I would like to suggest a more radical change: links should be to named
flow objects and not to nodes. One element can be mapped to 0 or more
flow objects, so linking to the "primary flow object" is not always what
you want.

 Paul Prescod

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