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Anchor rel and rev Attributes


Definition and Usage

The rel attribute sets or returns the relationship to the target 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 target document.

The rev (reverse) attribute specifies the reverse relationship from the target document to the current document.

Syntax

Set rel attribute:

Set rev attribute:

Return rel attribute:

Return rev attribute:

Both attributes can take the following values:

Value Description
alternate Links to an alternate source.
stylesheet External stylesheet 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 chapter.
section Links to a section in the document list.
subsection Links to a subsection in the current document list. (A section can have multiple subsections.)
appendix Links to the appendix page of the document.
help Help document.
bookmark Links to a bookmark.
nofollow The nofollow tag is an innovation led by Google to combat spam links. It instructs search engines not to follow any outbound links with the nofollow attribute on a webpage, thereby reducing the dispersion of site authority 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 can use these attributes to obtain more information about the links.


Example

Example

Returns the relationship between the current document and the linked document:

The output of the above example:


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