- From: Eve L. Maler <eve.maler@sun.com>
- Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2002 14:51:17 -0500 (EST)
- To: AndrewWatt2000@aol.com
- CC: www-xml-linking-comments@w3.org
AndrewWatt2000@aol.com wrote: > Which link management applications provide quality functionality in the > context of XLink and/or XPointer at the present time, in your view? This is not an area I'm currently doing any development or usage in, so my opinions are probably not worth much. A few years ago, I was aware of 2-3 fairly sophisticated link management applications that worked with XML/SGML data. > I have had several responses off list to my recent questions to the > effect that XLink may be a dead end. I was wondering how you viewed > comments like that. Is there, for example, a future work plan for the > XLink WG? The W3C machinations in this area are currently not publicly viewable. XLink is certainly used by a certain class of developers/users, but I agree that there hasn't been a lot of broad-based uptake. Eve -- Eve Maler +1 781 442 3190 Sun Microsystems XML Technology Center eve.maler @ sun.com
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