Subject: Re: fo:link-end-locator From: Chris Maden <crism@xxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 4 Mar 1999 18:00:09 -0500 (EST) |
[Elliotte Rusty Harold] > I'm having some trouble understanding the fo:link-end-locator > element in XSL. In particular is it a link itself or a link target? > If the latter, is it supposed to behave like <A NAME="target"></A> > in HTML? And if so why does it have an href attribute? Or is it > perhaps some automatically replaced child of other elements? This one I can answer. The description changed weirdly between the August and December drafts. It is intended to be similar to <A NAME>, and it did not originally have an href attribute. The reason for this is threefold. First, a link end does not necessarily correspond to any element in the source document. With an XSL pattern capable of addressing link ends (which we do not yet have), a link-end-locator FO can be created to serve as a link target in the formatted document, with control over its placement and properties. Second, a link end in a formatted document may not correspond to any XLink construct at all. The decision that something should be the target of a link may be a decision made in the stylesheet, for example building links to a glossary dynamically. And finally, a single point in a source document may be instantiated in multiple places in a formatted document. There is potential for confusion in attempting to traverse a link to such a formatted document. It's possible (though not definite) that the link-end- locator FO could play a role in disambiguating these situations. -Chris -- <!NOTATION SGML.Geek PUBLIC "-//Anonymous//NOTATION SGML Geek//EN"> <!ENTITY crism PUBLIC "-//O'Reilly//NONSGML Christopher R. Maden//EN" "<URL>http://www.oreilly.com/people/staff/crism/ <TEL>+1.617.499.7487 <USMAIL>90 Sherman Street, Cambridge, MA 02140 USA" NDATA SGML.Geek> XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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