Common Linking Attributes

The following attributes occur on all elements that can be the start of a link. They are summarized here once for brevity and to make the additional attributes that occur on many elements stand out.

Name Type

linkend/linkends IDREF/IDREFS

xlink:actuate

Enumeration:

onLoad

onRequest

other

none

xlink:arcrole anyURI

xlink:href anyURI

xlink:role anyURI

xlink:show

Enumeration:

new

replace

embed

other

none

xlink:title text

xlink:type text

linkend/linkends

Points to an internal link target by identifying the value of its xml:id attribute

xlink:actuate

Identifies the XLink actuate behavior of the link:

onLoad: An application should traverse to the ending resource immediately on loading the starting resource.
onRequest: An application should traverse from the starting resource to the ending resource only on a post-loading event triggered for the purpose of traversal.
other: The behavior of an application traversing to the ending resource is unconstrained by this specification. The application should look for other markup present in the link to determine the appropriate behavior.
none: The behavior of an application traversing to the ending resource is unconstrained by this specification. No other markup is present to help the application determine the appropriate behavior.

xlink:arcrole