Indicates to an application the intended behavior for a link, specifically, the timing for obtaining or retrieving the content of a link (for example, by a user clicking on the link to request the material, or by the material being automatically loaded with a document when the document or document component is loaded).
Value | Meaning |
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none | The behavior is unconstrained, and no other markup is generally available in the link to assist an application in deducing the retrieval mechanism. |
onLoad | An application should retrieve the link at the same time a user obtains the initial document. |
onRequest | An application should only retrieve the link after a user has physically triggered the retrieval, for example, clicked on the link. |
other | The behavior is unconstrained, but other markup is generally available in the link to assist an application in deducing the retrieval mechanism. |
Restriction: This attribute may be specified if the element is used. |