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<!--> <!DOCTYPE> <a> <abbr> <acronym> <address> <applet> <area> <article> <aside> <audio> <b> <base> <basefont> <bdi> <bdo> <big> <blockquote> <body> <br> <button> <canvas> <caption> <center> <cite> <code> <col> <colgroup> <command> <datalist> <dd> <del> <details> <dfn> <dialog> <dir> <div> <dl> <dt> <em> <embed> <fieldset> <figcaption> <figure> <font> <footer> <form> <frame> <frameset> <head> <header> <hgroup> <h1> - <h6> <hr> <html> <i> <iframe> <img> <input> <ins> <kbd> <keygen> <label> <legend> <li> <link> <map> <mark> <menu> <meta> <meter> <nav> <noframes> <noscript> <object> <ol> <optgroup> <option> <output> <p> <param> <pre> <progress> <q> <rp> <rt> <ruby> <s> <samp> <script> <section> <select> <small> <source> <span> <strike> <strong> <style> <sub> <summary> <sup> <table> <tbody> <td> <textarea> <tfoot> <th> <thead> <time> <title> <tr> <track> <tt> <u> <ul> <var> <video> <wbr>HTML <link> rel Attribute
Example
An external stylesheet:
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="theme.css">
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Browser Support
The rel attribute is supported in all major browsers.
Definition and Usage
The required rel attribute specifies the relationship between the current document and the linked document/resource.
Differences Between HTML 4.01 and HTML5
Some HTML 4.01 values are removed from HTML5, and some new values are added to HTML5.
Syntax
<link rel="value">
Attribute Values
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| alternate | Links to an alternate version of the document (i.e. print page, translated or mirror) |
| author | Links to the author of the document |
| help | Links to a help document |
| icon | Imports an icon to represent the document |
| license | Links to copyright information for the document |
| next | Indicates that the document is a part of a series, and that the next document in the series is the referenced document |
| prefetch | Specifies that the target resource should be cached |
| prev | Indicates that the document is a part of a series, and that the previous document in the series is the referenced document |
| search | Links to a search tool for the document |
| stylesheet | URL to a style sheet to import |
HTML <link> tag
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