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adding xlink:type attribute

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  • Subject: adding xlink:type attribute
  • Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 10:50:13 -0500
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

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