How do I code relative links as function parameters within Templates?

I am a newcomer looking for best practices for a "How Do I?" properly code relative links as function parameters within an Adobe template (DWT) which accomodates page creation at 2 different level of folders. Dreamweaver doesn't appear to handle auto-correction of relative links as function parameters as far as I can see. It's not clear to me what the best practice I should be following. While this is not exactly a SPRY question, I am hoping that someone using the Spry.Data.XMLDataSet had already found the best practice to use.
My Site
-- Multiple pages at this level and the parameter needs to be "_includes/UnitSideNavigation.xml"
SubFolder
-- Other pages at this level. and the parameter needs to be "../_includes/UnitSideNavigation.xml"
And this is the particular code snippet within a non edtable template area I would like to work for 2 levels of pages created from the template.
<script type="text/javascript">
var dsItems1 = new Spry.Data.XMLDataSet("_includes/UnitSideNavigation.xml", "/links/firstlevel");
var dslinks = new Spry.Data.NestedXMLDataSet(dsItems1, "secondlevels/secondlevel");
</script>
My environment is Windows/Vista using latest CS4 dreamweaver.
Any pointers appreciated. This is learn time for me. Hope I have made myself clear. Andy

I use serverside includes instead of DWT for exactly that reason. Not only that, if you change anything within the template you must re-upload all of the files affected by the change; only the modified include file needs to be uploaded.

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