Programming for Links

Building Sets of Graphs

Generic Linking If and when the world standardizes on XLink, developing processors for hypertext linking shouldn't be the custom job it is today. Link extraction and processing should become a task for libraries rather than precisely crafted software.
Interpretation The current specification leaves a lot of questions open, especially about processing extended links. Answering those questions in a way that can move across applications is (presently) difficult.
Linking as Integration XLink promises to let developers treat the relationships beween XML documents much the way they treat XML: as part of a solution that can be mapped into many different application areas. XLink provides a layer on top of XML that allows developers to work with sets of documents as well as individual documents.