Permitted contents #

Permitted attributes #

ⓘ global attributes

Any attributes permitted globally.

ⓘ href = Non-empty URL potentially surrounded by spaces #

A URL that provides the destination of the link.

ⓘ rel = d:link-rel #

A list of tokens that specify the relationship between the document containing the link and the destination indicated by the link.

ⓘ hreflang = language tag #

The language of the destination of the link.

A valid language tag as defined in [BCP 47].

ⓘ media = media-query list #

The media for which the destination of the link was designed.

A valid media query list as defined in [Media Queries].

ⓘ type = MIME type #

The MIME type of the destination of the link.

A string that identifies a valid MIME media type as defined in [RFC 2046].

ⓘ sizes = "any" or sizes NEW #

The sizes of icons for visual media.

An unordered set of unique space-separated tokens, each of which must be one of the following:

• the literal string "any"
• two valid non-negative integers that do not have a leading "0" character and that are separated by a single "x" character.

Additional constraints and admonitions #

• The target attribute on the link element is obsolete. You can safely omit it.
• The urn attribute on the link element is obsolete. Specify the preferred persistent identifier using the href attribute instead.
• The charset attribute on the link element is obsolete. Use an HTTP Content-Type header on the linked resource instead.
• The methods attribute on the link element is obsolete. Use the HTTP OPTIONS feature instead.
• The rev attribute on the link element is obsolete. Use the rel attribute instead, with a term having the opposite meaning.

Permitted parent elements #

any element that can contain metadata elements, noscript