XML Linking Language (XLink) Version 1.1

XLink is now a W3 Candidate Recommendation.

XML Linking Language (XLink) Version 1.1

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Randy Harold, inventor of simple-yet-powerful XML APIs, points out over at Cafe Con Leche that this is a Good Thing:

The W3C XML Core Working Group has posted the candidate recommendation of the XML Linking Language (XLink) Version 1.1. There are three major changes in XLInk 1.1 compared to 1.0:

1. XLinks now contain IRIs rather than URIs
2. All attributes in the XLink namespace are now reserved for future versions of XLink.
3. Most importantly, the xlink:type="simple" attribute is no longer required.

[examples removed - go look at what he wrote to get the full explanation]

This is a good thing. I'm not sure who first came up with this idea, but I've been advocating it for a while now. This makes XLink a lot more palatable in applications like XHTML 2 and SVG.