12.2 The `A` Element

The first few tests below will switch between this document and another document, which is unstyled, testing the BASE element (12.4 below).

12.2.1 Syntax of anchor names

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Here is the target anchor which has the name, but not in quotes (since it is only alphanumeric characters, quotes are not required).

12.2.3 Anchors with the `id` Attribute

This anchor points to the anchor with id below the PRE.

This anchor points to the paragraph with id below the PRE.

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Here is the target anchor which has the name, but not in quotes (since it is only alphanumeric characters, quotes are not required).

This anchor points to the anchor named with character references below the PRE.

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Here is the target anchor which has the name, but using different forms of the character references, inside quotes, but should evaluate to the same sequence.

12.2.4 Unavailable and unidentifiable resources

Here is a thoroughly unavailable anchor .

12.3 Document Relationships: The `LINK` Element

This element defines a link. Unlike A, it may only appear in the HEAD section of a document, although it may appear any number of times. Although LINK has no content, it conveys relationship information that may be rendered by user agents in a variety of ways (e.g., a tool-bar with a drop-down menu of links).

12.3.1 Forward and Reverse Links

In the header of this document are the following LINKs:

<link href="chp13.html" rel=next rev=prev>
<link href="chp11.html" rel=prev rev=next>

(These links are separate from the "Specification", "Contents", "Previous", and "Next" anchors at the beginning of the BODY element).

12.3.2 Links and External Style Sheets

In the implied header of this document are the following linked stylesheets:

<link rel=stylesheet media=screen href="screen.css">
<link rel=stylesheet media=tv href="tv.css">
<link rel=stylesheet media=tty href="tty.css">
<link rel=stylesheet media=print href="print.css">

If this document is being viewed on a screen, it should have yellow text on a teal background. If this document is being viewed on a tv, it should have lime text on a navy background. If this document is being viewed on a tty, it should have white text on a black background. If this document is printed, it should have maroon text on a white background. (all mentioned colors are styles for the explicit BODY element. If this document is viewed on any other medium, it will use the User Agent's default colors. If the media attribute is ignored, this document will be maroon on white, since all stylesheets use equal specificity and that one was defined last.

12.3.3 Links and Search Engines

In the header of this document is the following alternate link:

<link lang=es title="Un documento en español" rel=alternate hreflang=es href="spanish.html">

Ian Hickson's Evil Tests expect the User Agent to make this available to the user, but this is not mandatory. According to the W3C documentation, many of these LINK elements are intended for search engines to handle, not User Agents. However, it wouldn't hurt if a User Agent gives access to the alternate document.

12.4 Path Information: The `BASE` Element

This document has the following in the header:

<base href="/html401/base1.html">

and that document has in its header:

<base href="/html401/chp12.html">

12.4.1 Resolving Relative URIs

Since this document and "base1.html" have each other specified in the "base" element, relative anchors (section 12.2 above) should reach the other document from either. All the elements that have a name or id appear in both documents.

12.2 The A Element