1. Links &
Anchors

2. An anchor is a special
tag that does not
determine the
appearance of text.

3. It indicates a
connection between
the current
document and some
other entity.

4. There are several
types of anchor,
but all of them use
the <A> ... </A>
tag

5. Start tag:
required, End tag:
forbidden

6. The hypertext
reference appears in
the text as a
highlighted hotspot
word or phrase; often
coloured, and usually
underlined.

8. The format for a target is:
<A NAME="target_name">hot spot
text</A>

9. target_name
is a symbolic name that can
be referenced in other
anchors;

10. href
attribute means "hypertext
reference";

11. the hash sign (#) means
that it is an internal
reference.
Clicking on it takes you to
the target identified by
target_name.

12. Links between
files

13. By far the most
common use of a
link is to retrieve
another Web
resource

14. However, authors
may insert links in
their documents.

15. Links express other types
of relationships have one
or more link types
specified in their source
anchor.

16. The roles of a link
defined by A or LINK
are specified via the
rel and rev
attributes.

17. This attribute describes the
relationship from the
current document to the
anchor specified by the
href attribute.
rel

18. This attribute is used to describe a
reverse link from the anchor
specified by the href attribute to
the current document.
rev

19. This attribute specifies the
character encoding of the
resorce designated by the
link.
charset

20. 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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