## Text Encoding Initiative

### The XML Version of the TEI Guidelines

# <link>

`<link>` | defines an association or hypertextual link among elements or passages, of some type not more precisely specifiable by other elements.

Attributes

(In addition to global attributes and those inherited from metadata, pointer)

`targets` | specifies the identifiers of the elements or passages to be linked or associated.
| Datatype: IDREFS
| Values: One or more valid identifiers, separated by white space.
| Default: #REQUIRED

Example

Note

This element should only be used to encode associations not otherwise provided for by more specific elements.

The location of this element within a document has no significance, unless it is included within a `<linkGrp>`, in which case it may inherit the value of the `type` attribute from the value given on the `<linkGrp>`.

Module Declared in file teilink2.dtd; Additional tag set for Linking and Segmentation: enabled by TEI.linking
Class pointer; metadata
May occur within ab abbr activity actor add addName addrLine address admin affiliation analytic app argument author authority back bibl biblFull biblScope biblStruct birth bloc body byline camera caption case castGroup castItem castList cell channel cit cl classCode closer colloc constitution corr country creation damage date dateRange dateStruct dateline def del derivation descrip dictScrap distance distinct distributor div div0 div1 div2 div3 div4 div5 div6 div7 docAuthor docDate docEdition docImprint docTitle domain edition editor education emph entry entryFree epigraph epilogue etym expan extent factuality figDesc figure firstLang foreName foreign form front funder fw gen genName geogName gloss gram gramGrp graph group head headItem headLabel hi hyph imprimatur imprint interaction item itype l label lang langKnown language lbl lem lg lg1 lg2 lg3 lg4 lg5 linkGrp list listBibl locale m measure meeting mentioned metDecl monogr mood name nameLink note num number occasion occupation offset ofig opener orgDivn orgName orgTitle orgType orig orth otherForm p per performance persName phr placeName pos preparedness principal prologue pron pubPlace publicationStmt publisher purpose q quote rdg rdgGrp re ref reg region rendition residence resp respStmt restore role roleDesc roleName row rs s salute seg sense series set settlement sic signed soCalled socecStatus sound sp speaker sponsor stage street stress subc supplied surname syll symbol table tagUsage tech term termEntry text tig time timeRange timeStruct title titlePage titlePart tns tr trailer trans u unclear usg view w wit witDetail witList witness writing xr xref
Declaration

    <!ELEMENT link %om.RO; EMPTY >
    <!ATTLIST link
          %a.global;
          %a.pointer;
          targets IDREFS #REQUIRED>

See further 14.1 Pointers

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