Real World XML

All About XLinks

Hyperlinks have long been an important part of HTML. You create them with the HTML <A> element, like this:

<A HREF = "http://www.starpowdermovies.com/reviews.html#blandings"> 
    Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
<A>

The hyperlink appears in an HTML document either as text, typically underlined and colored, or as a clickable image. When clicked, the hyperlink can perform a variety of actions: navigate to a new document or a specific location in that document, open the new document in an existing frame, even open a new window if you use the TARGET attribute, or execute JavaScript if you use the javascript: URL. Here are the official HTML attributes for the <A> element:

• ACCESSKEY— Assigns a keyboard shortcut to the hyperlink. ...