Extended links

Using an extended link, a number of resources can be cross-related. An extended link contains locator elements, each one pointing to a different resource. However, the extended link may still be an in-line element, containing one of the resources:

The ends of the link have equal status, even if one resource is a single word reference and the other is an entire book. It is also irrelevant which end of the link actually contains the linking markup.

Extended type

Extended links refer to a number of resources by including embedded resource locators. Each locator is stored in a locator-type element, and all related locator elements are ...

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