Journal Archiving and Interchange Tag Library NISO JATS Draft Version 1.1d2

xlink:href

Href (Linking Mechanism)

An address or identifier that permits an XLink application to find a remote resource, for example, a URI (such as a URL or filename) that links to an online site associated with the author or the online definition of a term.

Remarks

As specified in XML Linking Language (XLink) Version 1.0 the value of an @xlink:href must be a valid URI.
Of the many linking attributes that may be used, @xlink:href is the most important, since it provides the link. The attribute is required for those elements which must link, and it is optional on other elements only in the sense that an element need not link. If an element links, this attribute is required.

With these Elements

<graphic>
<inline-graphic>
<media>
Value Meaning Behavior
Text, numbers, or special characters A pointer (a URL) to a resource. Can be used to make this element a live link to a related site
Restriction: @xlink:href is required; it must be provided if the element is used.

With these Elements

<abbrev>, <award-group>, <award-id>, <bio>, <chem-struct>, <collab>, <conference>, <contrib>, <custom-meta>, <element-citation>, <email>, <ext-link>, <funding-source>, <funding-statement>, <inline-supplementary-material>, <institution>, <issue-id>, <license>, <long-desc>, <mixed-citation>, <named-content>, <nlm-citation>, <product>, <pub-id>, <related-article>, <related-object>, <self-uri>, <supplementary-material>, <uri>, <volume-id>
Value Meaning Behavior
Text, numbers, or special characters A pointer (which may be a URL) to a resource. Can be used to make this element a live link to a related site
Restriction: @xlink:href is an optional attribute; there is no default.

Example 1


...
<ext-link ext-link-type="url" xlink:href="www.ncemch.org/pubs/PDFs/
breastfeedingTIB.pdf">http://www.ncemch.org/pubs/PDFs/
breastfeedingTIB.pdf</ext-link>
...

Example 2


...
<supplementary-material id="S1" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
xlink:title="local_file" xlink:href="pbio-0020328-t002.xls"
mimetype="application/vnd.ms-excel">
<label>Supporting Material</label>
...
</supplementary-material>
...

Journal Archiving and Interchange Tag Library NISO JATS Draft Version 1.1d2

Version of December 2014

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