Advantages of Microcosm

• Simplifies navigation through large files systems.
• With links separate from the documents the data remains accessible to the application that created it.
• Access permissions allow different people to follow different links
• Links in linkbases can be given global link values simplifying the process of changing links.
• It can be used on documents that are read only, such as CDROM
• It encourages fewer dead links due to the ease with which links can be edited

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