Putanje među resursima su predstavljene lukovima, a luk je ma koji element kod koga je vrednost atributa xlink:type="arc". Veza ovog tipa bi trebalo da ima i atribute xlink:from i xlink:to. Ovi atributi ne sadrže URI, već sadrže identifikator lokalnog ili udaljenog resursa proširene veze.

<!-- Proširena veza -->
<komplet xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
  xlink:type="extended">
  <!-- Lokalni resurs -->
  <autor xlink:type="resource"
    xlink:label="JaneA">Jane Austen</autor>
  <!-- Udaljeni resursi -->
  <roman xlink:type="locator"
    xlink:label="PandP"
    xlink:href="ftp://archive.org/pub/etext/PandP.txt">
    <naslov>Pride and Prejudice</naslov>
    <godina>1813</godina>
  </roman>
  <roman xlink:type="locator"
    xlink:label="SandS"
    xlink:href="ftp://archive.org/pub/etext/SandS.txt">
    <naslov>Sense and Sensibility</naslov>
    <godina>1811</godina>
  </roman>
  <roman xlink:type="locator"
    xlink:label="Emma"
    xlink:href="ftp://archive.org/pub/etext/Emma.txt">
    <naslov>Emma</naslov>
    <godina>1815</godina>
  </roman>
<!-- Lukovi -->
<sledeći xlink:type="arc"
     xlink:from="PandP" xlink:to="SandS"/>
<sledeći xlink:type="arc"
     xlink:from="SandS" xlink:to="Emma"/>
<prethodni xlink:type="arc"
     xlink:from="SandS" xlink:to="PandP"/>
<predhodni xlink:type="arc"
     xlink:from="Emma" xlink:to="SandS"/>
</komplet>