XHTML Links

Hyperlinking is fundamental to XHTML. These elements enable you to link to other documents, other locations within a document, or external files.

`<a>`…`</a>`

Usage
Used to define links and anchors.
Start/End Tag
Required/Required.
Attributes
core, i18n, events.

charset="encoding" Character encoding of the resource.

name="name" Defines an anchor.

HRef="linkurl" The URL of the linked resource.

rel="linktype" Forward link types.

rev="linktype" Reverse link types.

shape="value" Enables you to define client-side imagemaps using defined shapes (default, rect, circle, poly).

coords="values" Sets the size of the shape using pixel or percentage lengths.
Empty
No.

`<base />`

Usage
All other URLs in the document are resolved against this location.
Start/End Tag
Required/Illegal.
Attributes
href="linkurl" The URL of the linked resource.
Empty
Yes.
Notes
Located in the document <head>.

`<link />`

Usage
Defines the relationship between a link and a resource.
Start/End Tag
Required/Illegal.
Attributes
core, i18n, events.

charset="encoding" The character encoding of the resource.

href="linkurl" The URL of the resource.

rel="linktype" The forward link types.

rev="linktype" The reverse link types.

type="contenttype" The Internet content type.

media="media" Defines the destination medium (screen, print, projection, braille, speech, all).

target="placement" Determines where the resource is displayed (user-defined name, blank, parent, self, top).
Empty
Yes.
Notes
Located in the document <head>.

Table of Contents

XHTML Links

XHTML Links

<a>…</a>

<base />

<link />

`<a>`…`</a>`

`<base />`

`<link />`