Name

link — <link />

Defines the relationship between the current document and another document. Although it can signify such relationships as index, next, and previous, it is most often used to link a document to an external stylesheet.

Attributes

Core, Internationalization, Events

charset="charset"

Specifies the character encoding of the target document.

href="URL"

Identifies the target document.

hreflang="language code"

Specifies the base language of the target document.

media="all|screen|print|handheld|projection|tty|tv|projection|braille|aural"

Identifies the target medium for the linked document so that an alternate stylesheet can be accessed.

rel="relationships"

Describes one or more relationships from the current source document to the target. Common relationship types include stylesheet, next, prev, copyright, index, and glossary.

rev="relationships"

Specifies one or more relationships of the target document back to the source (the opposite of the rel attribute).

target ="name"

Defines the default target window for all links in the document. Often used to target frames.

type="resource"

Shows the media or content type of an outside link. The value text/css indicates that the linked document is an external Cascading Style Sheet.

Example

<head>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="/pathname/stylesheet.css" type="text/css" />
</head>

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