HTML Standard attribute: rel
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The HTML rel attribute indicates the
relationship between the current document and the document to which it is
linked. It applies to <a>,
<area> and <link> elements.
Valid
attribute
values (when used with <a>,
<area> and <link> elements)
include:
Value
|
Description
|
alternate
|
An alternative
representation of the document
|
author
|
Link to resource
describing author of document
|
bookmark
|
URL used
for bookmarking (for <a>and
<area>)
|
dns-prefetch
|
Browser should
preemptively do a DNS on the origin of the target (for <link>)
|
external
|
Referenced document is
not part of same site as original (for <a>)
|
help
|
Document providing help
|
icon
|
Get icon representing
document (for <link>)
|
license
|
Copyright information
on the document
|
next
|
Next document in series
|
nofollow
|
An unendorsed document
(e.g. a paid link, search spiders may not then follow that link)
|
noreferrer
|
Browser should not send
an HTTP referrer header if user follows hyperlink
|
noopener
|
Browser context created
by following hyperlink should not have an opener browser context (for <a>)
|
pingback
|
Address of pingback
server handling pingbacks relating to origin of document (for <link>)
|
preconnect
|
Browser should
pre-emptively connect to target (for <link>)
|
prefetch
|
Browser should pre-emptively
fetch and cache target (for <area>, <link>)
|
preload
|
Browser should
pre-emptively fetch and render target (for <link>)
|
prerender
|
Same as preload for some browsers (for <link>)
|
prev
|
Previous document in
series
|
search
|
A search tool covering
the document
|
stylesheet
|
Import a CSS
stylesheet (for <link>)
|
tag
|
A keyword relevant to
the current document (for <a>and
<area>)
|
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