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Listing 4. Using XPointer for relative links
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<guitars xmlns="http://www.newInstance.com/about/guitars"
         xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
 <guitar luthier="Bourgeois"
          xlink:type="simple"
          xlink:href="http://bg.com/guitars.xml#OM">
  <descripton xlink:type="simple"
               xlink:href=
    "http://bg.com/guitars.xml#xpointer(id('OM'))/descendant::picture[@url]"
               xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:show="embed">
   This is a real beauty in a small body. Although this is an OM, I 
   use it for flatpicking bluegrass as well as for producing some 
   beautiful fingerstyle sounds.
  </description>
 </guitar>
 <guitar luthier="Bourgeois"
          xlink:type="simple"
          xlink:href="http://bg.com/guitars.xml#D">
  <descripton xlink:type="simple"
               xlink:href=
    "http://bg.com/guitars.xml#xpointer(id('D'))/descendant::picture[@url]"
               xlink:actuate="onLoad" xlink:show="embed">
   Here's the holy grail in process. Dana Bourgeois is building this 
   Brazilian rosewood and adirondack bluegrass monster right now. 
   You'll know it's finished when you hear a run and your windows 
   shatter!
  </description>
 </guitar>
</guitars>

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