XMLhack XLink news http://xmlhack.com/ Developer news from the XML community en-us Edd Dumbill (mailto:webmaster@xmlhack.com) Edd Dumbill (mailto:editor@xmlhack.com) Copyright 1999-2001, xmlhack team. xmlhack http://xmlhack.com/images/mynetscape88.gif http://xmlhack.com News, opinions, tips and issues concerning XML development xml-hypertext mailing list at xmlhack.com http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=1874 xmlhack.com has started a new mailing list: xml-hypertext, "an open forum for the discussion of creating hypertext with XML. Appropriate subjects include technologies for linking and pointing, hypertext-oriented transformations, and interactions between XML and Web infrastructure." XLink Community Xpath1() scheme published as an IETF Internet-Draft http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=1812 Simon St.Laurent has announced an IETF Internet-Draft defining a XPath based scheme to be used in the XPointer framework that is simpler than the xpointer() scheme and more powerful than the shorthand or element() scheme. IETF XLink HLink working draft arrives http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=1777 The HTML Working Group has published an initial Working Draft of HLink: Link Recognition for the XHTML Family, offering an answer to looming questions about the role of linking in XHTML. XHTML XLink XPointer splits into four pieces http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=1721 The much delayed XPointer specification has broken into four pieces, including an XPointer Framework and three schemes - xmlns(), element(), and xpointer(), with all but the last in Last Call. XLink W3C Relax NG schema for XLink http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=1700 John Cowan has posted on xml-dev a generic Relax NG schema for Xlink taking advantage of the flexibility of Relax NG wildcard patterns to validate any document only if it conforms to XLink. Schemas XLink XInclude makes changes on way to Candidate Recommendation http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=1563 The Candidate Recommendation of XInclude, released by the W3C last week, introduces a variety of changes addressing fallback, fixup, and XPointer. W3C XLink XInclude for MSXML http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=1413 XInclude.net has announced XInclude.exe, an implementation of the W3C's XInclude specification, for the Microsoft XML parser. XLink Tools XLink, XML Base reach Recommendation http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=1286 The W3C has released XML Base and XLink as Recommendations. XLink W3C