Whither linking

Subject: Whither linking
From: Paul Prescod <paul@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 25 Apr 1999 12:37:22 -0500
http://www.w3.org/TR/WD-xslt says:
> This draft is intended to be "feature complete". The Working Group 
> plans to use future drafts to stabilize the current functionality; it 
> does not intend to add any new functionality in version 1.0."

Does this mean that XSL version 1.0 will not have any mechanism for
working on the anchors of links identified by XLinks. 

If so, the two W3C style languages seem to be taking opposite approaches
to linking:

 * CSS says that if you have a private (non-XLink) linking convention then
you cannot render the link at all,

 * XSL provides enough facilities for you to implement your own linking
convention but it cannot have links as powerful as those provided by
XLink.

-- 
 Paul Prescod  - ISOGEN Consulting Engineer speaking for only himself
 http://itrc.uwaterloo.ca/~papresco

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