The Link element is a special HEAD element utilizing many of the
same attributes as the Hyperlink element [A]. It indicates a
relationship between the current document and some other object. A
document may have any number of LINK elements which can indicate
authorship, related indices and glossaries, older or more recent
versions, document hierarchy, associated resources such as style
sheets, etc. Servers may also allow links to be added to a document
by those who do not have the right to alter the body portion of a
document. The popular browsers are just beginning to support this
element, which has been in the HTML specifications for some time.
charset - This attribute indicates
the character encoding of the destination resource of the hyperlink.
disabled - This is a stand-alone
attribute which indicates the linked dependency is initially
non-functional.
href - This attribute indicates the
URL of a document linked to the current document through
relationships established by the other attributes of this tag.
hreflang - This attribute specifies
the base language of the resource indicated in the HREF attribute.
media - This attribute is a keyword
representing the intended rendering destination for the style sheet
definitions. Multiple destinations are given delimited by commas.
rel - The REL attribute is meant to
give the relationship(s) described between the current document and
the document specified by the HREF attribute.
rev - The REL attribute is basically
meant to be the same as the REL attribute, but the semantics of the
relationship are in the reverse direction. A link from A to B with
REL="X" expresses the same relationship as a link from B
to A with REV="X". A LINK tag may have both REL and REV
attributes.
target - This attribute specifies
the named frame for the browser to display the form results after
the user submits information to a processing script.
title -This attribute suggests a
title (advisory only) for the destination resource indicated by the
LINK HREF attribute. The TITLE attribute may be used for display
prior to accessing the destination resource (such as in a margin
note or in a pop-up box while the mouse is over the hyperlink), or
for resources that do not include titles (like graphics, plain text
documents or Gopher menus.)
type - This attribute represents the
MIME type of the linked resource.
