href
XInclude Href Linking Mechanism
A URI reference (or an IRI reference) that specifies the location of the resource to include.
(See W3C XInclude documentation (http://www.w3.org/TR/xinclude/.)
Remarks
This attribute is only used for the <xi:include>
element; most
elements in this Tag Set use the XLink href attribute (@xlink:href).
According to the W3C documentation:
The href attribute is optional; the
absence of this attribute is the same as specifying href='', that is, the reference is
to the same document. If the href attribute is absent when parse="xml", the
@xpointer attribute must be present. Fragment identifiers must not be used; their appearance is a fatal error.
Used on Element: <xi:include>
| Value | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Text, numbers, or special characters | The URI of a resource to be included. |
| Restriction | @href is an optional attribute; there is no default. |
Example
...
<book-body>
<xi:include
xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
href="../BITS-samples/chocolate-samples/bits-book-part1.xml"
encoding="ANSI"
parse="xml">
<xi:fallback/></xi:include>
...</book-body>
...