Hussein, Thank you for your answer.On lun, 2016-11-14 at 13:23 +0100, Hussein Shafie wrote: > My answer assumes that you are talking about DocBook v5+, not DocBook v4 > (which does not support <xref xlink:href="#..."/>).
I use indeed DocBook v5. > > > > On 11/14/2016 11:58 AM, Vincent Bossier wrote: > > > > I use <xref xlink:href="#..."/> links in my DocBook documents. When > > creating an xref in XMLMind, there is a default "linkend" attribute but > > no xlink:href. > Note that <xref xlink:href="#foo"> (starting with '#') is functionally > equivalent to <xref linkend="foo">, just more complex and not well > supported by XMLmind XML Editor (because this variant of <xref> is not > really useful). There is one difference though: <xref xlink:href="#foo"> allows cross- referencing across different files. I use typically this when I work on a large document and store each chapter in a dedicated file. [snip] Best regards, Vincent -- XMLmind XML Editor Support List xmleditor-support@xmlmind.com http://www.xmlmind.com/mailman/listinfo/xmleditor-support