Question about XInclude (novice)

Hello,
 
Can anyone tell me what is the difference between XInclude and XLink
(especially, concerning the xlink:show=parsed attribute) ?
 
Can you also tell me if XInclude is in good way for becoming a W3C
recommandation ? And when is it planned to become so ?
 
I'm looking for a standard and simple way to include XML nodes from one
document inside another document ...
Is there any other way than XInclude ?
 
Thanks.
 
 
Vincent Mahé
e-mail : vincent.mahe@francetelecom.fr
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