Linodef is a filter for internal links. It provides tags for internal node and taxonomy term links based on their ID and dynamically embeds node titles, field values and taxonomy term names.
Application field
Those tags are required if you have a text that needs to include references to other nodes/terms or contains elements of other nodes. Some examples:
Differences of Linodef in comparison to similar modules
To achieve that goal the ID of a node, ID of a term and optionally a fieldname are the only elements that are saved within your text. The other data is included on-the-fly. That is the difference to similar filter modules that uses node names to create links (wiki-like behavior) or that limit their tags to the Node ID, too, but do not embed anything else. Following is a list of advantages the method Linodef uses has:
Linodef is more than a filter
Now you likely think: "I won't be able to know the IDs of all my nodes and terms." For this very reason Linodef is not limited to the filter tags: Linodef uses hardcoded tags not only to keep simplicity and a common handling but to offer the ability to provide buttons for editors. Learn more at The three Pillars of Linodef as well as editors Linodef supports.