Hyperlinking of documents is fundamental to HTML. This section presents the elements that allow you to create the links.

<a> | <base> | <link>

<a>...</a>
Allows you to define links and anchors.
Starting/ending tag	Required/Required
Attributes	Attributes %coreattrs, %i18n, %events charset="...": Character encoding of the resource. name="...": Defines an anchor. href="...": Linked resource URL. target="...": Determines where the resource will be displayed (user-defined name), _blank (in a new unnamed window), _parent (in the immediate parent frame), _self (in the current document frame), or _top (in the entire window display area, by deleting the frameset). rel="...": Forward link types. rev="...": Reverse link types. accesskey="...": Assigns a hotkey to this element. shape="...": Allows you to define client-side image maps using defined shapes (default, rect, circle, poly). coords="...": Sets the shape size in pixel or percentage lengths. tabindex="...": Defines the tabbing sequence between element with a tabindex.
Empty	No
Example	<a href="folder/page.html">Lien</a>
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<base>
All other URLs in the document are resolved in relation to this location.
Starting/ending tag	Required/Illegal.
Attributes	Attributes href="...": Linked resource URL. target="...": Determines where the resource will be displayed (user-defined name, _blank, _parent, _self, _top).
Empty	Yes
Notes	Appears in the document head. In XHTML 1.0, this tag should be in the form <base /> to ensure compatibility with older browsers.
Example	<base href="http://www.microsoft.com/" title="A page from Microsoft's site">
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<link>
Defines the relationship between a link and a resource.
Starting/ending tag	Required/Illegal.
Attributes	Attributes %coreattrs, %i18n, %events href="...": Resource URL. rel="...": Forward link types. rev="...": Reverse link types. type="...": Internet content type. media="...": Defines the destination media (screen, print, projection, braille, speech, all). target="...": Where the resource will be displayed (user-defined name, _blank, _parent, _self, _top).
Empty	Yes
Notes	Appears in the document head. In XHTML 1.0, this tag should be in the form <link /> to ensure compatibility with older browsers.
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