Re: Generic link handling

Simon St.Laurent wrote:

> The TAG has already moved that XLink should be the generic linking
> mechanism for XML, despite a wide variety of complaints about its
> appropriateness for various domains. 

This statement is incorrect.  To quote from

  http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-tag/2002Sep/0183.html
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  Recently, the TAG considered the scope of XLink[1].
  We concluded[2] that XLink should be used for hypertext
  references in user-interface oriented applications.

  In light of this conclusion, it is the unanimous opinion
  of the TAG that XLink should be used for hypertext references
  in XHTML 2.0.
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Reasonable people are trying to work in good faith to explore these 
issues, and inflammatory overgeneralizations like that quoted above are 
not helpful. -Tim