Anchor relandrevProperty
Anchor Object
Definition and Usage
The rel attribute sets or returns the relationship to the destination document.
The rev attribute sets or returns the reverse relationship of a link.
The rel (relationship) attribute specifies the relationship from the source document to the destination document.
The rev (reverse) attribute specifies the reverse relationship from the destination document to the current document.
Syntax
Set the rel attribute:
Set the rev attribute:
Return the rel attribute:
Return the rev attribute:
Both attributes can take the following values:
| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| alternate | Links to an alternate source. |
| stylesheet | External style sheet for the document |
| start | Links to the first page of the current document. |
| next | Links to the next document in the collection. |
| prev | Links to the previous document in the collection. |
| contents | Links to the table of contents of the current document. |
| index | Links to the index of the current document. |
| glossary | Links to the glossary of the current document. |
| copyright | Links to the copyright or privacy page of the current document. |
| chapter | Links from the current document to a section. |
| section | Links to a subsection in the document list. |
| subsection | Links to a sub-subsection in the current document list. (A subsection can have multiple sub-subsections.) |
| appendix | Links to the appendix page of the document. |
| help | Help document |
| bookmark | Links to a bookmark. |
| nofollow | The nofollow tag is an "anti-spam link" tag pioneered by Google. It is used to instruct search engines not to follow (i.e., crawl) any outbound links on a webpage that have the nofollow attribute, in order to reduce the dispersion of website weight by spam links! |
| licence | |
| tag | |
| friend |
Browser Support
All major browsers support the rel and rev attributes.
Note: Browsers do not use these attributes in any way. However, search engines may use these attributes to obtain more information about the links.
Example
Example
Return the relationship between the current document and the linked document:
<body>
<a id="func" rel="friend"
href="http://www.functravel.com/">Cheap Flights</a>
<script>
document.write(document.getElementById("func").rel);
</script>
</body>
</html>
The output of the above example is:
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