XPointer Framework has been released as W3C recommendation in 2003, as a basis for fragment identifiers for XML media type. However, there is no products that have implemented XPointer, not even XLink, its more simple predecessor. 
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The use of XPointer can be very significant in many XML applications. One of them is to provide a way for referencing an element or document with a specific part of other documents. Furthermore, the pointer can also be embedded with operators to perform certain action such as validation and manipulation.
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This work aims to propose a study on XPointer framework. How it can be used in current XML applications and perform some evaluation on which cases that they can be most beneficial. 
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