7. links & anchors
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Links & Anchors
An anchor is a special tag that does not
determine the appearance of text.
It indicates a connection between
the current document and some
other entity.
There are several types of anchor,
but all of them use the <A> ... </A>
tag
Start tag: required, End tag: forbidden
The hypertext reference appears in
the text as a highlighted hotspot
word or phrase; often coloured, and usually
underlined.
The format for a target is:
<A NAME="target_name">hot spot text</A>
target_name is a symbolic name that can
be referenced in other anchors;
href attribute means "hypertext
reference";
the hash sign (#) means that it is an internal reference.
Clicking on it takes you to the target identified by
target_name.
Links between files
By far the most common use of a link is to retrieve
another Web resource
However, authors may insert links in their documents.
Links express other types of relationships have one or more link types specified in their source anchor.
The roles of a link defined by A or LINK are specified via the rel and rev attributes.
This attribute describes the relationship from the current document to the anchor specified by the href attribute.
rel
This attribute is used to describe a reverse link from the anchor
specified by the href attribute to the current document.
rev
This attribute specifies the character encoding of the resorce designated by the
link.
charset
Consider two documents A and B.
Document A: <LINK href="docB" rel="foo">
Has exactly the same meaning as:Document B: <LINK href="docA" rev="foo">
Both attributes may be specified simultaneously.
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