XLink is a language that...

• Lets you invent your own linking elements and their meanings

  • HTML is a fixed tag set, but XML is a tag set enabler

• Lets you create link databases

  • Links become first-class citizens

• Lets you request some basic traversal behavior

  • E.g., “Open the target in a new window”
  • The rest is left to a style mechanism such as XSL

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