<element xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink/namespace/"
xlink:href="target"
xlink:type="simple"
xlink:show="embed"
xlink:actuate="auto"
xlink:role="The link role"
xlink:title="The link title">
...
</element>
translates to
<element>
<rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"
xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink/namespace/">
<rdf:Description about="#xptr(../..)">
<xlink:href rdf:resource="target"/>
<xlink:type rdf:resource="xlink:simple"/>
<xlink:show rdf:resource="xlink:embed"/>
<xlink:actuate rdf:resource="xlink:auto"/>
<xlink:role>The link role</xlink:role>
<xlink:title>The link title</xlink:title>
</rdf:Description>
</rdf:RDF>
...
</element>