摘要 |
A system, a method and a computer program product for providing a symbol ic reference for a computer addressable data object. The symbolic reference can be embedded (i.e. stored) in a mark-up language script element as simple text f or use in accessing the data object. The symbolic reference according to the present invention can be resolved into an address that can be used by a computer to access the data object. The data object can correspond to a markup language element defined in a computer renderable page. The markup language element can be a tagged elemen t where the tag contains the symbolic reference. The symbolic reference comprises: an index for the markup language element, an element-type indicator and a navigable path from a known starting point to a node associated with the markup langua ge element.
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