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XInclude Current Status

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Standards

2006-11-15

XML Inclusions (XInclude) Version 1.0 (Second Edition)

This document specifies a processing model and syntax for general purpose inclusion. Inclusion is accomplished by merging a number of XML information sets into a single composite infoset. Specification of the XML documents (infosets) to be merged and control over the merging process is expressed in XML-friendly syntax (elements, attributes, URI references).

Group Notes

2016-07-21

XML Inclusions (XInclude) Version 1.1

This document specifies a processing model and syntax for general purpose inclusion. Inclusion is accomplished by merging a number of XML information sets into a single composite infoset. Specification of the XML documents (infosets) to be merged and control over the merging process is expressed in XML-friendly syntax (elements, attributes, URI references).
2012-02-14

XInclude 1.1 Requirement and Use Cases