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- user-manual: Inter-document cross references
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The inline xref macro can also link to IDs in other AsciiDoc documents.
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This eliminates the need to use direct links between documents that are coupled to a particular converter (e.g., HTML links).
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It also captures the intent of the author to establish a reference to a section in another document.
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Here's how a cross reference is normally defined in Asciidoctor:
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[source]
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include::ex-xref.adoc[tag=base]
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This cross reference creates a link to the section with the ID _images_.
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Let's assume the cross reference is defined in the document [.path]_document-a.adoc_.
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If the target section is in a separate document, [.path]_document-b.adoc_, the author may be tempted to write:
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[source]
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include::ex-xref.adoc[tag=bad]
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However, this link is coupled to HTML output.
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What's worse, if [.path]_document-b.adoc_ is included in the same document as [.path]_document-a.adoc_, the link will refer to a document that doesn't even exist!
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These problems can be alleviated by using an inter-document xref:
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[source]
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include::ex-xref.adoc[tag=base-inter]
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----
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The ID of the target is now placed behind a hash symbol (`#`).
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Preceding the hash is the name of the reference document (the file extension is optional).
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We've also added a label since Asciidoctor cannot (yet) resolve the section title in a separate document.
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When Asciidoctor generates the link for this cross reference, it first checks to see if [.path]_document-b.adoc_ is included in the same document as [.path]_document-a.doc_.
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If not, it will generate a link to [.path]_document-b.html_, intelligently substituting the original file extension with the file extension of the output file.
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[source,html]
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<a href="document-b.html#section-b">Section B</a>
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If [.path]_document-b.adoc_ is included in the same document as [.path]_document-a.doc_, then the document will be dropped in the link target and look like the output of a normal cross reference:
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[source,html]
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<a href="#section-b">Section B</a>
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Now you can create inter-document cross references without the headache.
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==== Navigating Between Source Files
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include::xref-source-to-source.adoc[]
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