xlink:actuate

Actuating the Link

The intended behavior for a link when activated by an application, 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).

Attribute Values

In Elements

<abbrev>, <award-group>, <bio>, <chem-struct>, <collab>, <conference>, <contrib>, <custom-meta>, <element-citation>, <email>, <ext-link>, <funding-source>, <graphic>, <inline-graphic>, <inline-supplementary-material>, <institution>, <license>, <long-desc>, <media>, <mixed-citation>, <named-content>, <nlm-citation>, <product>, <related-article>, <related-object>, <self-uri>, <supplementary-material>, <uri>
ValueMeaning
noneThe behavior is unconstrained, and no other markup is generally available in the link to assist an application in deducing the retrieval mechanism.
onLoadAn application should retrieve the link at the same time a user obtains the initial document.
onRequestAn application should only retrieve the link after a user has physically triggered the retrieval, for example, clicked on the link.
otherThe behavior is unconstrained, but other markup is generally available in the link to assist an application in deducing the retrieval mechanism.
Restriction: This is an optional attribute; there is no default.