Re: [jats-list] xlink:type

["Mary Seligy mary.seligy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <jats-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

That does help, Debbie. Thanks very much for the context on all of the xlink
stuff.

Best
Mary

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From: dal dalapeyre@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Sent: September-30-16 12:10 PM
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Subject: Re: [jats-list] xlink:type

Hi Mary-

When JATS was first written, it seemed likely that XLink was going to conquer
the hypertext world and the web. So JATS built in ALL of the xlink:
attributes (all namespaced) that the XLink spec uses to describe links:

  xmlns:xlink CDATA                            #IMPLIED
  xlink:type  (simple)                         #IMPLIED
  xlink:href  CDATA                            #REQUIRED
  xlink:role  CDATA                            #IMPLIED
  xlink:title CDATA                            #IMPLIED
  xlink:show  (embed | new | none | other | replace)
                                               #IMPLIED
  xlink:actuate  (none | onLoad | onRequest | other)
                                               #IMPLIED

All of these attributes are available on any element that is OR MIGHT BE a
link.

The values the XLink spec uses for xlink:type include "simple" and other
values for complex multi-headed links,

The JATS attribute was set to "simple" by default so that the complex link
types would NOT be used for interchange until there was more agreement on how
they worked.

Fast forward 10 or 12 years and the bet on XLink looks a bit naive. Except in
certain limited places, XLink never took off, and the HTML @href attribute is
all anyone uses anymore.

JATS @xlink:href can be translated directly in to @href.

So, there is no current need for ANY of the xlink: attributes.

Hope this helps.

-Debbie



> On Sep 30, 2016, at 9:19 AM, Mary Seligy mary.seligy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<jats-list-service@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi everyone:
>
> I have a question about @xlink:type. According to the JATS tag library
documentation for both Green and Blue, this attribute appears to be completely
unnecessary and optional unless it is in <mml:math>, and outside of
<mml:math>, there's only one value that should be used for it anyway
("simple").
>
> So does anyone know why this attribute is even available on any other
element other than in <mml:math>? That is to say, what does it achieve if you
use it? Does it facilitate anything for either humans or machines?
>
> Just wondering because our XML vendor sometimes applies @xlink:type and
sometimes not. I'd like to pick a lane (so to speak) to be consistent, and I
wanted to know more about it before deciding.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Mary
>
> Mary Seligy
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