Cross reference

Also known as an xref or XRef.

These are a fundamental component of the PageSeeder architecture and can be used in multiple ways, including the following:

assembling components (documents or fragments) into a publication;
creating associations between document content.

Unlike links in conventional publishing applications or HTML, PageSeeder cross references are rich structures that developers can customize or override. In PSML, cross references are represented using by the following elements:

<xref>
<blockxref>

Using labels or the xref config allows semantics to be attached to xrefs. This makes it possible to represent objects such as footnotes, end notes, citations and many other structures.

Terminology

Note

The source document refers to the document containing the original cross-reference in its content. The target document refers to document being pointed at.

Created on 21 June 2010 , last edited on 30 August 2018 at 11:06