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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Dr. M. Benno Blumenthal benno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
International Research Institute for climate prediction
The Earth Institute at Columbia University
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