XLink attributes

Type definition attribute

“type”.  Specifies type of link. It can be

‘simple’ – suggests it is simple link.

‘extended’ – suggests it is extended link.

‘locator’ – Points to external source.

‘resource’ – Points to internal object.

‘arc’ – the rule defining link between source and destination.

‘title’ – description of the linking element.

Locator attribute

‘href’ – refers to the location link.

Semantic Attribute

‘role’ – It describe the property of the resource.

‘arcrole’ – URI reference for some description of arc role.

‘title’ – Gives description of the

Behavior attribute

show – It specifies where the link has to be opened. It can be ‘new’ i.e. a new window, ‘replace’ i.e. replace existing window, ‘embed’ i.e. embed in the existing window, ‘other’ or ‘none’. The ‘replace’ is the default one.

actuate – It refers to, when the linked resource is read. It can be ‘onload’ i.e. when document is loaded or ‘onRequest’ i.e. when link is clicked.

Traversal attribute

‘label’ – It is used to identify the element

‘from’- Defines start point of arc

‘to’ – Defines end point of arc.