Re: [Docutils-users] XLink as a solution for references

[Guenter M. <mi...@us...>]

On 2025-10-07, Schimon Jehudah via Docutils-users wrote:
> On Tue, 7 Oct 2025 18:41:51 -0000 (UTC)
> Guenter Milde via Docutils-users wrote:
>> On 2025-10-06, Schimon Jehudah via Docutils-users wrote:
>> >> On 2025-09-28, Schimon Jehudah via Docutils-users wrote:  

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

>> I don't think using XLink will give advantages to (X)HTML, as browser
>> support is missing.
...

> XLink is fine to them, for toying with SVG ...

Sorry for beeing ambiguous. My response was intended to mean:

  I don't think using XLink will give advantages to 
  *Docutils (X)HTML writers*, 
  as it XLink is not part of the various HTML standards 
  and browser support is missing.
  

> Also, XLink has no format of its own, and it is meant to be
> incorporated into existing formats.

As docutils.dtd is designed for extensibility, it should be easy
for interested parties to derive a custom document type with, e.g., 
a <link> element supporting XLink syntax.

  
Günter