Analysis and Research of XPath,XLink and XPointer
Yongsheng Zhang · Microcomputer Development · 2005
XML is a new technology directed against network application.When more and more information is stored as XML documents,it is needed to construct a way to obtain information through the interface.This needs a kind of method to confirm the relation among each part of a document,and visits every inside part of a document related to other resources.XPath,XLink and XPointer-these three languages can all be used for visiting the data.Among them,XPointer is used for confirming the position of the specific part of a document.XPath can together with XSLT and XPointer for orienting every part of an XML document. XLink is used for linking an XML document.This article introduces the three and carries on comparative analysis to them.