Benno Blumenthal wrote:
Hello all,
I have been reading about namespaces in general and xlink in particular.
According to the xlink spec,
xlink:type="simple"
is required for a simple (i.e. not extended) link, which is the way
THREDDS is using xlink.
Adding it means software that is xlink-aware (mozilla for one) will
display links as links, though in mozilla's case, it is only apparent
if you add a
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/css" href="threddsstyle.css" ?>
line to the thredds catalog so that mozilla actually processes the xml
file in a standard way.
I have added it to the THREDDS catalogs I generate, with no obvious
ill effects so far.
If there are ill effects, please let me know.
I would hope that the THREDDS standard would add this so that the
THREDDS xml is better understood by more software.
Benno
Hi Benno:
yes, we do already allow the "show" and "type" attribute on an Xlink, see:
http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/projects/THREDDS/tech/catalog/InvCatalogSpec.html#XLink
XLink Attribute Group
<xsd:attributeGroup name="XLink">
<xsd:attribute ref="xlink:href" />
<xsd:attribute ref="xlink:title" />
<xsd:attribute ref="xlink:show"/>
<xsd:attribute ref="xlink:type" />
</xsd:attributeGroup>
These are attributes from the XLink specification
<http://www.w3.org/TR/xlink/> that are used to point to another web
resource. The /xlink:href/ attribute is used for the URL of the
resource itself. The /xlink:title/ attribute is what should be
displayed to the user. These are the only two attributes currently
used in the THREDDS software.You can also add the /xlink:type /or/
xlink:show /attributes/. /
