Linking within XML document

[mathieu]

Hi,

I am constructing a file format for an application where I will need
to reference XML elements from other XML elements. I was looking at
XLink for that. The question is: is this worth the trouble ?

Right now I have the element to be referenced:

<macro table="10-11" name="SOP Instance Reference Macro Attributes"/
So a XLink syntax would lead to:

<myother-element>
<include xlink:type="simple" xlink:href="#10-11"/>
...
</myother-element>

Since I am using LibXML2, there is no XLink support, I'll have to
handle the linking at application level anyway.

I'd be interested in user feedback / user past experience ?

Thanks