Simple links
This standard includes a similar feature to the primitive, one-directional linking scheme supplied by the XML standard, but makes it possible to traverse links between documents (as the HTML standard already permits). This is termed a simple link, and is identified using a simple-type element. As a simple link contains only one resource locator, this locator is stored in the linking element itself, using the Href attribute, as shown in previous examples:
<simpleLink ... xlink:href="locator">local resource name</simpleLink>
The content of the simple-type element would typically become 'active text' when the link is a hypertext link.
Internal links
The simplest form of link identifies an object in the same document. These 'semi-local' ...
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