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Remove @linktype? #432

Closed rockivist closed 9 years ago

rockivist commented 10 years ago

Now that we have removed all non-simple links from EAD, do we need to keep @linktype in the schema? I see no functional reason to do so. The only argument I can see is for careful compatibility with xlink. I note that EAC-CPF only includes simple links, but still carries @xlink:type. See http://www3.iath.virginia.edu/eac/cpf/tagLibrary/cpfTagLibrary.html#xlinktype.

@tcatapano - what do you think? This came up from the tag library editorial team.

dpitti commented 10 years ago

I am inclined to think it superfluous in that there are no xlink processors as such, that I know of. The main reason for retaining the xlink attributes is that is reasonably well thought out as to what ought to be in a good actionable link for processing, and of course, while not quite right, it helps with creating semantic links.

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On Mar 24, 2014, at 1:35 PM, Michael Rush notifications@github.com wrote:

Now that we have removed all non-simple links from EAD, do we need to keep @linktype in the schema? I see no functional reason to do so. The only argument I can see is for careful compatibility with xlink. I note that EAC-CPF only includes simple links, but still carries @xlink:type. See http://www3.iath.virginia.edu/eac/cpf/tagLibrary/cpfTagLibrary.html#xlinktype.

@tcatapano - what do you think? This came up from the tag library editorial team.

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tcatapano commented 10 years ago

I agree with @dpitti that it is superfluous. The Tag Library can state that the linking attributes align with xlink and that all links in EAD documents are simple links in the xlink sense. As Daniel rightly points out, xlink is more useful as a conceptual model than it is for processing.

rockivist commented 10 years ago

Thank you gentlemen. I'll pass this to TS-EAD.

rockivist commented 10 years ago

Based on email feedback from TS-EAD, go ahead and remove @linktype from the schema.

Keep open after implementation and assign to Kelcy for documentation review.

rockivist commented 10 years ago

Implemented.

rockivist commented 10 years ago

Reopening for documentation review

kshepher commented 9 years ago

I've removed linktype from the TL. @rockivist or @tcatapano - any thoughts on where in the documentation to address "that the linking attributes align with xlink and that all links in EAD documents are simple links in the xlink sense"?

rockivist commented 9 years ago

@kshepher I'll include something about the linking model in the introduction.

kshepher commented 9 years ago

Thanks, @rockivist. I'll leave this open, then.

rockivist commented 9 years ago

Addressed in TL preface. Closing.