[Docutils-users] XLink as a solution for references

[Schimon J. <sc...@fe...>]

Good afternoon.

This message is concerning to a feature which is not yet implemented.

https://docutils.sourceforge.io/docs/ref/rst/directives.html#references

I am working on a publishing system which utilizes reStructuredText and
docutils.

https://git.xmpp-it.net/sch/Rivista

https://journal.woodpeckersnest.eu/

The publishing system generates Atom Syndication Format documents, and
metadata elements "enclosures" and "related" are realized into
"atom:link" elements.

I have attached to this message a sample reStructuredText file, and an
Atom Syndication Format document.

XLink might be helpful for both, Atom and (X)HTML, in order to set
accurate links to references.

https://w3.org/TR/xlink/

https://manusimidt.dev/2021-05/what-is-xlink

That publishing system (Rivista Voyager) is purely made of XML and
XSLT, and it has no HTML nor XHTML files whatsoever; therefore I deem
it important to consider and utilize XLink as a practical solution to
XML, and (X)HTML.

Kind regards,
Schimon