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Summary of Tags Related to Linking 131

Creating Links

Summary of Tags Related to Linking

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name=text
Places a fragment identifier within an HTML document. Fragments are
discussed further in the “Linking within a Document” section of this chapter.

rel=relationship
Not supported by Netscape Navigator or Opera. Establishes a relationship
between the current document and the target document. Common relation-
ships include:next,prev,head,toc,parent,child,index, andglossary.

rev=relationship
Not supported by Netscape Navigator or Opera.Specifies the relationship from
the target back to the source (the opposite of therev attribute).

title=text
Specifies a title for the target document.

target=text
Not supported by WebTV or Internet Explorer 2.0 and earlier.Specifies the
name of the window or frame in which the target document should be
displayed. For more information, see “Targeting Windows” in this chapter and
“Targeting Frames” in Chapter 11,Frames.

urn=urn
Specifies a Universal Resource Name (URN) for the referenced document.
URN syntax is currently not defined so this attribute has no practical use.

New in HTML 4.0 Specification

accesskey=character
Assigns an access key (shortcut key command) to the link. Access keys are
also used for form fields. The value is a single character.

charset=charset
Specifies the character encoding of the target document.

coords=x,y coordinates
Specifies the x,y coordinates for a clickable area in an imagemap. HTML 4.0
proposes that client-side imagemaps could be replaced with an